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

The clip is worth watching, and not just to marvel yet again at Vance’s ability to make idiotic statements in the self-assured tone of the smartest boy in the room.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

But the parade of horribles recounted by Mr. Shapiro are at once comic and terrifying: deans harassing speakers, law students defaming anyone holding divergent views, faculty obsessed with idiotic academic theories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

I close with the special force of the idiotic idea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Of course I was inexperienced, of course I was idiotic, shy and young.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier