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dumb

[duhm] / dʌm /




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Spreads are often derided since profits are limited to the difference between strike prices, less the cost, but that’s dumb.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

“If you can’t agree to an off-stream investment in this world of weather whiplash, we’re as dumb as we want to be.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

The series was consistently dumb but well-made, and this looks like a decent way to spend two hours if you like car chases, shootouts and explosions.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

"A stellarator is a thing that is objectively very difficult to design, objectively very difficult to build. But if you do it, it is a dumb machine... just like a microwave oven," says Sciortino.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

She had more important things to deal with than to remember all the dumb people around her.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott




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