dumb

Example Sentences

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Whatever thematic capital “Disclosure Day” builds, it largely wastes on this gimmick and dumb action scenes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Markwayne Mullin has a brilliantly dumb idea he’s workshopping.

From Slate • May 30, 2026

Spreads are often derided since profits are limited to the difference between strike prices, less the cost, but that’s dumb.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

But Taiwanese defense experts have taken away a different lesson: cheap equipment from a lesser military, such as dumb mines thrown in a strait, may just be enough to paralyze a superpower.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

It turned out that dumb old A-10 Thunderbolt from the Sea, Air, and Space Museum didn’t fly at all.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff