imbecile
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"I am an imbecile," the man said to the couple as he contemplated taking the long journey back.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
“That was the message that the universe was shouting at us loud and clear. And it would’ve taken an imbecile to ignore that market message,” Needham said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2021
One French minister was furious: “Some consider they’re little heroes when they break the rules. Well, no. You’re an imbecile, and especially a threat to yourself.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2020
"Any imbecile might decide on a certain Monday to become a captain, and by Tuesday, with no qualifications whatsoever, that imbecile could take charge of a 300,000-ton vessel and the thousands of lives contained within."
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2020
It was so simple, I felt like an imbecile for not seeing it sooner.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
I am not going to treat you like imbeciles or wayward children.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2020
In an instant, in the eyes of some classmates and rivals alike, they went from promising freshmen to everlasting imbeciles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2020
Organisers are hoping to encourage the largest gathering of people dressed as Gumbys - the spectacle-wearing, knotted handkerchief-sporting imbeciles who became part of Python lore.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2019
Instead he laughed, twirled a pencil and yawned, and later called the lawmakers "imbeciles" on Twitter.
From Reuters ● Jun. 11, 2016
The grouchy woman began screaming, telling us we were imbeciles, that we were all going to die, so why didn’t we eat well until then?
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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