dumb
Example Sentences
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“And they laughed because: what’s this big dumb American doing here asking about asylum? And then they realised I was serious.”
“I thought it would be good for all my folks and friends to see me rather than this dumb ‘News’ sign up there.
That pullback was transparently in response to the market selloff, a feedback loop that shouldn’t reassure investors much: A painful drop in prices is still needed to stop him doing dumb stuff.
Shades of “Man Show” masculinity are all around us, especially in places where we shouldn’t expect it to show up, except in this darkest, dumbest of timelines.
From Salon
Ms. Pfister knew this in return, so it was really a system that either worked perfectly or was an explanation of how people could be super dumb, even if they were grown-ups.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
