idiotic

Example Sentences

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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

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

McSweeney debunks the idiotic medical claims of non-scientists like Kennedy in his popular social media videos.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

One source who has worked with them described this as "brave and idiotic".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025

They tumbled out, the idiotic words, just as I had imagined them.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier