imbecile
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But I will say you know, the Beatles wrote "Helter Skelter" and it's not their fault that some imbecile used it incorrectly.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2022
“That was the message that the universe was shouting at us loud and clear. And it would’ve taken an imbecile to ignore that market message,” Needham said.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2021
To me, she wasn’t an imbecile, but emblematic of these impossible standards, ones that Zellweger bore with painfully apologetic brightness.
From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2020
But he went on to add, “John Dingell was not exactly a wallflower. John Dingell called the president an imbecile in his closing months.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2019
Somewhere between camaraderie and imbecile I tap her beige bare shoulder with the note.
From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander
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