idiotic

Example Sentences

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The clip is worth watching, and not just to marvel yet again at Vance’s ability to make idiotic statements in the self-assured tone of the smartest boy in the room.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

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

Whenever his team loses, whoever it is, it seems to be greeted with more glee than when most other managers lose, which is such an idiotic view.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

Chet, who never let me pass him at school without some idiotic gesture.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly