stupid
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But on Monday, a federal district court judge in Massachusetts postponed the effective date on the grounds that—and I am paraphrasing here—the rule is mind-bendingly stupid and would create a needless, self-inflicted economic catastrophe.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
It falls to Wilson’s exceedingly average Joe to save a world too stupid to save itself.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
For the first half-hour or so I was reflexively covering the brake pedal at intersections and merging lanes, ready to engage if the super-intelligence at the wheel did something stupid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Some of Ullom’s richest themes need only a casual mention, like Fisher muttering that he has fewer photos of his family on his phone than stupid memes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
If I wanted to be stupid, if I persisted in being stupid, if I just couldn’t resist being stupid, then she figured I had it coming and she wouldn’t hold me back.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
“I was a bit stupider back then,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Other news reports more definitively declared that, yes, ChatGPT is becoming stupider.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 2, 2023
Otherwise, the whole room gets stupider and stupider.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
What could he say: I thought up an even stupider conspiracy than yours, and even though I can’t prove it’s true, I’m still afraid it will kill you?
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2022
She was used to being an outcast, to feeling both smarter than other kids, and stupider.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
A cartoon maritime odyssey, powered by what Ricky Wilson called "the stupidest riff you ever heard", it became one of the first independent hits on the American new wave scene, selling more than 20,000 copies.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Some pundits might be calling it “the most important chart in the world,” Perkins said, but in reality, it is closer to “the stupidest chart in the world.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
That’s “completely bogus,” writes TS Lombard Managing Director Dario Perkins, who calls it “the stupidest chart in the world.”
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
That is one of the stupidest things I’ve heard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
I should’ve been in my room right then crying my eyeballs out, and here I was having the stupidest conversation of my life.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
