nincompoop

Example Sentences

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A multinational corporation intent on protecting franchises that bring it more than $80 billion a year has thus far made its adversary look like a blustering nincompoop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023

I guess I want someone to tell me that it’s possible that I’m a nincompoop here and that straight men can “sound gay.”

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2020

Pretty soon the goal is sinking each other, proving once and for all that the other person is a complete nincompoop.

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2017

Freedom from nincompoop bosses giving me warnings for insubordination.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2016

Andrew wasn’t a nincompoop, as you will very soon see.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers