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

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

“You haven’t even been to one day of classes and you’re already doing something idiotic that could get you into trouble.”

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith