stupidity

Example Sentences

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“Some people would call it stupidity; some people will call it disloyal,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

China’s Mao Zedong forced party officials to give self-corrective monologues in which they asked forgiveness for their own stupidity and failing to follow his wise leadership.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Speaking on Sunday, Mourinho said he was "completely, utterly opposed to any kind of discrimination or prejudice, or ignorance, or stupidity".

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

I don’t have a theory for Mr. Roberts’s motive, although I am partial to the principle known as Hanlon’s razor: Don’t attribute to malice what you can explain by stupidity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Of course, this was double stupidity on his part.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton