cretinous

Example Sentences

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To me, this seemed cretinous; I’m bothered, after all, that people have posted PDFs of my novels on the Web, so why should I do the same to someone else?

From The New Yorker • Jul. 11, 2016

There's a Mitchell and Webb sketch that very deftly exposes the cretinous adoption of first person plural by proud football supporters, as if they had actually been on the pitch and contributed to victory.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2012

Even a moderately soulful vocal from Pharrell can't save this, which literally sounds like SHM are testing out every setting on their ludicrously expensive synths by bashing out the same cretinous non-riff.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2010

Mr. Sandler’s character, Lenny Feder, a successful Hollywood agent, is the only recognizable human being among this cretinous crew.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2010

She tried to read his face but was met by a look that was indecipherable: the cheerful, cretinous grin at odds with the narrow, half-desperate look in his eyes.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini