crackpot

Example Sentences

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Fabled Southern heritage has devolved into crackpot eccentricity, but that only deepens Louise’s adoration for the holdouts who honor it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

O’Hara is more drawn to the plot puzzles that have encouraged interpreters to weigh in with their own crackpot notions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

In the aftermath of his unconventional voyage, Larry Walters assured the American public he wasn't actually a crackpot who had risked life and limb with a hare-brained scheme that was dreamed up on a whim.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

How can someone be both a steel-witted lawyer and a crackpot?

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2023

Is the rule based on some crackpot theory, such as that English should emulate Latin, or that the original meaning of a word is the only correct one?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker