crackpot

Example Sentences

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That's what he's hiring these crackpots to do for him.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2024

That group, once dismissed as crackpots, allegedly planned to arrest MPs in Berlin on a day it also dubbed "Day X".

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

The cult — and its sporty choice in footwear — quickly became a national punchline, with members portrayed as hopeless crackpots who’d watched too many episodes of “Star Trek.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2023

Nothing flushes out the crackpots like an advertisement to send your inklings in to a newspaper.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2022

Again the experts were said to have been proved wrong, opening a door that until recently was bolted against the crackpots.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann