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idiotic

[id-ee-ot-ik] / ˌɪd iˈɒt ɪk /


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"In the UK anybody, literally anybody, is free to stand in an election, no matter how idiotic the get-up", he told AFP ahead of the 2024 London mayoral elections.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

None of that means, mind you, that this alternately idiotic and delusional document — described in that Economist editorial, using an enjoyable Anglo-idiom, as “a dog’s breakfast” — is not dangerous.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025

It’s likely to get louder and the topics more idiotic until someone shows a better way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

Richard Padley, for Peagram, said: "He notes his behaviour as idiotic, immature, embarrassing and pathetic."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025

Somebody walked over my grave, she thought, probably Jem on some idiotic errand.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee




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