idiocy

Example Sentences

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"Any man who has ever worn a suit that is too tight in the elbow has encountered this issue. Idiocy," Domenech said about Trump's sip of water.

From Fox News • Jun. 15, 2020

“The Idiocy, Fabrications and Lies of ‘Ancient Aliens,’” reads one headline from Smithsonian.com.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2018

Idiocy and malice are difficult problems to solve.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2015

Then came his idiot trilogy: Somewhere in Ireland A Village is Missing an Idiot, An Idiot for All Seasons and The Power of Positive Idiocy, anthologies culled mostly from columns he wrote for Golf Magazine.

From Golf Digest • Feb. 12, 2013

Idiocy, perhaps more than any other disease or defect, has long been connected in the popular mind with the marriage of cousins.

From Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population by Arner, George B. Louis