idiotic

Example Sentences

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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

This is not the first time I have encountered a situation where the hapless staff find themselves brutalized by loud, idiotic, or culturally discordant music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

I close with the special force of the idiotic idea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

McSweeney debunks the idiotic medical claims of non-scientists like Kennedy in his popular social media videos.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

Which is of course idiotic in the kind of profound and multivalent way that only an English teacher could fully elucidate.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan