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

A multinational corporation intent on protecting franchises that bring it more than $80 billion a year has thus far made its adversary look like a blustering nincompoop.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Literature

Eça is a master of the absurd and his novels are full of such nincompoops, our cowardly alter egos.

From New York Times

It turns out, most of us are social nincompoops.

From New York Times