idiotic

Example Sentences

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Their various and perpetual children cannot distinguish between the progressive and the idiotic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

“I think it’s idiotic not to have an up-or-down vote on this issue,” Lawler told reporters after a closed-door meeting with Republican legislators.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 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

History is full of far more idiotic miscalculations.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari