dolt
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Previous seasons present Greg as the hapless dolt who acts as the idiot's edition of a Greek chorus.
From Salon ● May 15, 2023
“I didn’t want to be the dolt father who keeps getting the family in trouble,” he said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
Now I can sense more than a few people calling me a dolt.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
Guess she was right after all: I am a dolt.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2019
He still felt like a dolt, but he preferred not to dwell on the feeling.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
But naturally the actors are not portraying them in the guise of the movie’s endearing dolts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
The wives’ decision to journey to Lourdes is met with great resistance by their husbands, all of whom are portrayed as clueless dolts.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Well, these dolts are almost certainly going to get their wish: it’s hard to imagine that the SEC continues with just eight conference games once Texas and Oklahoma enter the fold.
From Fox News ● Aug. 12, 2021
Eager and lonely, he is all too aware that he’s reliant on the other three dolts to succeed and meet the award’s requirements of “teamwork, foraging and orienteering.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2020
Never before had I seen my family as such half-wits, such hayseeds, such dolts.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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