idiocy

Example Sentences

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A few days later I saw a friend who knows his foreign affairs and he said, “Do you believe the idiocy of this guy?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

But there is a difference between holding someone accountable for idiocy and dismissing them as a complete idiot — a distinction that has become increasingly difficult in today’s zero-sum culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024

I call on George Santos to engineer a crypto fleece or a phishing operation or really any scheme worthy of his singular, astonishing idiocy.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2023

He added that the "idiocy" of Mr Hancock's response, as well as then-attorney general Suella Braverman, risked undermining Covid laws, adding: "I'm ready to read the riot act as required."

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023

In time they grew sick of my idiocy.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen