dopey

Example Sentences

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A lot of geniuses argue the refs should all be replaced with sensor-seeking robots when these dopey droids can barely open a dishwasher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

His lead, Pattinson’s Mickey Barnes, is a dopey, instantly lovable voluntary “Expendable,” jettisoned into space to be a human guinea pig who will be pivotal in colonizing a faraway planet.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025

Even when it gets dopey, “Manhunt” is still engrossing — fun, even.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

Here, with his dopey expressions fused to a satyr’s body, he makes you nervous the way Malcolm McDowell did after he was reformed in “A Clockwork Orange.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2023

I should have told her she was kind of missing the point, but I was too dopey and exhausted and disgusted to bother.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx