Thesaurus / asinine
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“Now I don’t know how in the world anything could be more asinine than that,” he said, pointing to numbers indicating that just 37 percent of such workers were getting vaccinated.
GOP WEST VIRGINIA GOV. JIM JUSTICE IS DONE WITH ALL THAT NONSENSE ON VACCINESAARON BLAKESEPTEMBER 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMarijuana prohibition is a dead man walking, but some institutions are so drunk with power that they sit around and cook up asinine arguments about how smoking a J to relieve stress is the same thing as being Barry Bonds.
IT’S INSANE TO BOOT SHA’CARRI RICHARDSON FROM THE OLYMPICS FOR MARIJUANACORBIN SMITHJULY 2, 2021THE DAILY BEASTAlas, what should be a runaway creative success for the game’s director, Josef Fares, is marred by a tone-deaf narrative element which shows that asinine ethnic caricatures unfortunately still exist in video games.
‘IT TAKES TWO’ TESTS YOUR ABILITY TO SAVE A MARRIAGE AND FLY A FIDGET SPINNERCHRISTOPHER BYRDAPRIL 2, 2021WASHINGTON POST"We are somewhat surprised," he said, knowing it for an asinine remark but afraid to risk his dignity by being plainer.
THE ENVOY, HERHORACE BROWN FYFEMorsfield, entirely objecting to asinine harness with him, mocked at his invocation and intonation of the name of Jove.
LORD ORMONT AND HIS AMINTA, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITHFor these patriotic services the members of the asinine assembly are duly acknowledging their gratitude.
ROWLANDSON THE CARICATURIST. FIRST VOLUMEJOSEPH GREGOHis faith was unshaken—in sheer asinine fatuity it was sublime.
THE FALL OF A NATIONTHOMAS DIXONOne of them in particular, who shall be nameless, quite asinine.
ITALY; WITH SKETCHES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGALWILLIAM BECKFORDWe come to wear one cut of face and figure, and acquire by degrees the gentlest asinine expression.
ESSAYS, FIRST SERIESRALPH WALDO EMERSONYou made an utterly asinine statement when you declared that 99 per cent of your readers have already read these classics.
ASTOUNDING STORIES, MARCH, 1931VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO ASININE
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