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

But the parade of horribles recounted by Mr. Shapiro are at once comic and terrifying: deans harassing speakers, law students defaming anyone holding divergent views, faculty obsessed with idiotic academic theories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 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

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

It was exactly the sort of idiotic stunt that Dana Matherson would try, Roy thought as he contemplated his apology letter.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen