idiotic

Example Sentences

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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

I close with the special force of the idiotic idea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Richard Padley, for Peagram, said: "He notes his behaviour as idiotic, immature, embarrassing and pathetic."

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

An idiotic remark to a future king, but I was thinking of Lucinda.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine