idiotic

Example Sentences

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Plenty of people in the 1920s thought radio programming was a noisy, idiotic embarrassment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

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

Releasing a film like “Michael” into that universe isn’t bold; it verges on idiotic.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

There’s nothing idiotic about that—an echo of Beirut long being known as the “Paris of the Middle East.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

And so begins the twelfth year of my idiotic war.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner