idiocy
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A few days later I saw a friend who knows his foreign affairs and he said, “Do you believe the idiocy of this guy?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
She must navigate the idiocy of her high school peers while solving a metaphysical murder mystery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
Aside from the idiocy of the move itself, one of the most egregious screw-ups on that chat was the efense secretary sharing imminent war plans.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2025
I call on George Santos to engineer a crypto fleece or a phishing operation or really any scheme worthy of his singular, astonishing idiocy.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2023
And now, because of my idiocy, she has tracked me right to my family.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
“Still, despite my dire description, we elderly persist with our canes, in our long-term care and miserable nursing homes and ‘rehabilitation’ centers, and in our seats confronting the idiocies of the tube.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2022
What follows is a non-exhaustive list of some of the major idiocies of the year.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 13, 2019
Or should he sit back in his chair and smile calmly at the idiocies of mankind?”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2015
The essay that attracted my attention connects data points including the media tour of Bryan Goldberg, upon whom entertaining opprobrium has been heaped for his idiocies in launching Bustle.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2013
A small victory or two would help her to tolerate their idiocies and would stop her from going crazy.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
