dumb
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It’s the making of a perfect joke: totally superfluous and uniquely dumb.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
His dumb derring-do went viral on VHS tapes, earning him an MTV show and five feature films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Whatever thematic capital “Disclosure Day” builds, it largely wastes on this gimmick and dumb action scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Markwayne Mullin has a brilliantly dumb idea he’s workshopping.
From Slate ● May 30, 2026
Once again we were dumb with disbelief, but even when we found our voices we dared not question the master.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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But then they made Woody be a little more understanding and Buzz a little, forgive the word, dumber.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
My anxiety about A.I. is not that it will make my job obsolete but that it will make me a little dumber.
From Slate ● May 24, 2026
That didn’t stop him from getting dumber ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
ChatGPT won’t make us dumb and dumber unless we let it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
I never new before that I was dumber than a mouse.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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“This is the dumbest, most ridiculous lawsuit I’ve ever seen,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The dumbest phrase in military history is Adolf Hitler saying “Let’s attack Russia in the winter.”
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
A spoof is only as successful as its dumbest joke, and these two films have plenty to choose from.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
NBA legend Charles Barkley branded the San Antonio Spurs "the dumbest basketball team in the history of civilisation" after the New York Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
“No offense, Jus, but that might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,” Manny finally says.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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