dumb

Example Sentences

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"A stellarator is a thing that is objectively very difficult to design, objectively very difficult to build. But if you do it, it is a dumb machine... just like a microwave oven," says Sciortino.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

It’s always a mind game and I fall for it every time, and I cave and it’s just so dumb.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

“I’m not going to bob and weave about context, the joke was dumb, the fandom is not. I owe them an explanation and a genuine reflection of my actual feelings.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

"We were young and dumb and had summit fever and really wanted to do that route and we continued anyways," Rebekah, a nurse, says.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Though his horse did slow down, it wasn’t dumb enough to try what Samson had been magically compelled to do.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley