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imbecilic

[im-buh-sil-ik] / ˌɪm bəˈsɪl ɪk /


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They treat imbecilic jerks like Elon Musk like heroes.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2023

It’s about us, in other words, notwithstanding the movie’s imbecilic “Circle of Life”-style hymn to the wonders of interspecies coexistence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2022

But we are at our most imbecilic when dealing with Russia.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2018

He writes, for example, that, “like Spartans, Wehrmacht soldiers were effused with militarist doctrine, chronically short of men, brilliantly led on the battlefield — and often deployed for imbecilic strategic ends.”

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017

I’ll bet it was that imbecilic Kurt Kiefer who spilled the beans on her, after he got back to Paris and blabbed about his conquests.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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