idiotic

Example Sentences

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In a rollicking monologue, Fry described all opera as comedy, tragedy merely being the result of idiotic egos incapable of levity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Their various and perpetual children cannot distinguish between the progressive and the idiotic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

None of that means, mind you, that this alternately idiotic and delusional document — described in that Economist editorial, using an enjoyable Anglo-idiom, as “a dog’s breakfast” — is not dangerous.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

It’s likely to get louder and the topics more idiotic until someone shows a better way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

The grin on his face was barely this side of idiotic.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman