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pinhead

[pin-hed] / ˈpɪnˌhɛd /
NOUN
stupid person
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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With a brain the size of a pinhead, insects perform fantastic navigational feats.

From Science Daily Feb. 12, 2024

I’m a mere critic, not a network pinhead, as David Letterman referred to executives who made these kinds of decisions, but that doesn’t mean I can’t dream up cockamamie ideas.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2023

The artist previously produced a picture of the Queen on a pinhead which sold for £100,000.

From BBC Nov. 27, 2022

The greatest threat to honey bees isn’t much larger than a pinhead.

From Science Magazine Apr. 7, 2022

By the time we reach Pluto, we have come so far that the Sun–our dear, warm, skin-tanning, life-giving Sun–has shrunk to the size of a pinhead.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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