nincompoop
Example Sentences
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Tom was of course not a nincompoop, but a serious, thoughtful person who hungered to add substance to sketch comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
Among the subtler striking images she portrayed repeatedly was that of her boss, Mark Meadows, as a disengaged nincompoop.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2022
Higher courts, and history, ultimately vindicated John Sirica’s belief that he shouldn’t be “sitting on the bench like a nincompoop and watching the parade go by.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2018
Pretty soon the goal is sinking each other, proving once and for all that the other person is a complete nincompoop.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2017
We can claim that he was just a nincompoop or a madman.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
