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

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

I close with the special force of the idiotic idea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

“How about the story of the idiotic prince who won’t leave the assassin alone?”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas