idiocy
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A few days later I saw a friend who knows his foreign affairs and he said, “Do you believe the idiocy of this guy?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
A detective in the tradition of Benoit Blanc and other modern descendants of the Agatha Christie whodunnit, she knows she’s usually the smartest person in the room and has no time for idiocy.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2025
But there is a difference between holding someone accountable for idiocy and dismissing them as a complete idiot — a distinction that has become increasingly difficult in today’s zero-sum culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
I call on George Santos to engineer a crypto fleece or a phishing operation or really any scheme worthy of his singular, astonishing idiocy.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2023
He was embarrassed for Mentor, that he must make such a confession of his own idiocy.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
A cranky novelist ensconced in a swanky setting, railing at the idiocies of the contemporary world.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2021
What follows is a non-exhaustive list of some of the major idiocies of the year.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 13, 2019
The essay that attracted my attention connects data points including the media tour of Bryan Goldberg, upon whom entertaining opprobrium has been heaped for his idiocies in launching Bustle.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2013
One prepared to take the piss out of the idiocies of his own party as well the government.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2013
A small victory or two would help her to tolerate their idiocies and would stop her from going crazy.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
