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

I guess I want someone to tell me that it’s possible that I’m a nincompoop here and that straight men can “sound gay.”

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2020

“I had no intention of sitting on the bench like a nincompoop and watching the parade go by,” he wrote.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2019

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

But nincompoop or not, she would have to report to him if she worked for the Navy.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield