dolt

Now I can sense more than a few people calling me a dolt.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2022

But the finest wigs and tattoos can only take the audience so far in viewing Lee, a man dripping with sleaze, as a short-fused dolt who is honestly and obviously in love with his wife.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022

Review: Was Andy Warhol a saint or scourge, genius or dolt?

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2021

There’s the thief and his dolt of a sidekick, ironically nicknamed “the Brain”; a newly arrived doctor faced with a daily parade of petty hypochondriacs; and a barber who doubles as a D.I.Y. dentist.

From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021

It couldn’t be Toby already—the dolt had only just left for the morning’s luggage pickup an hour ago.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

But naturally the actors are not portraying them in the guise of the movie’s endearing dolts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025

“Gutenberg! The Musical!,” a comic meta-musical about two talentless dolts pitching a show about the father of the printing press, wraps up its limited Broadway run on Jan. 28.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

The wives’ decision to journey to Lourdes is met with great resistance by their husbands, all of whom are portrayed as clueless dolts.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

Well, these dolts are almost certainly going to get their wish: it’s hard to imagine that the SEC continues with just eight conference games once Texas and Oklahoma enter the fold.

From Fox News ● Aug. 12, 2021

Never before had I seen my family as such half-wits, such hayseeds, such dolts.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly