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dumb

[duhm] / dʌm /




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But dumb isn’t the condemnation that remark deserved.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb - and I'm not blonde either."

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Even as propaganda, it was pretty dumb — never discounting for currency fluctuation, alternative sourcing or domestic capacity increases, to name a few counterindicators.

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

Not the joke, which was dumb the way 15-year-olds are dumb.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

“I was sitting there listening to him. I had an epiphany. I said to myself, ‘Oh my God, he’s dumb!’

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Advertising student Catalina Cruz, 19, thinks AI is "making us dumber" because "people aren't able to think for themselves any more".

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

As machines get smarter, kids are getting dumber.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Each day we live through this era, we get vastly dumber.

From Slate Aug. 29, 2026

The Dodgers spend it smarter than anyone else and the Mets, arguably, dumber.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

But then again, Cory was even dumber than we were, trading for something there was no way he was going to get to keep.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

Rahmani said in his opinion, Davis would "go down as one of the world's dumbest criminals", who likely would have never have faced charges if he had stayed silent.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

“This is the dumbest, most ridiculous lawsuit I’ve ever seen,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The dumbest phrase in military history is Adolf Hitler saying “Let’s attack Russia in the winter.”

From Slate Jun. 24, 2026

A spoof is only as successful as its dumbest joke, and these two films have plenty to choose from.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

That sounded like the dumbest thing I’d ever heard but I didn’t say so.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor




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