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Example Sentences
Main Entry:
im·be·cile
[
im
-b
uh
-sil
,
-s
uh
l
or, especially Brit.
,
-seel
]
/
ˈɪm
bə
sɪl
,
-səl
or, especially Brit.
,
-ˌsil
/
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imbecile
Main Entry:
imbecile
Part of Speech:
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry:
imbecile
Part of Speech:
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Example Sentences
If somebody writes a book and doesn't care for the survival of that book, he's an
imbecile
.
The man is a dangerous
imbecile
and shouldn't be quoted anywhere outside of court records.
Do the same for a dog, a small child or an
imbecile
.
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If somebody writes a book and doesn't care for the survival of that book, he's an
imbecile
.
The man is a dangerous
imbecile
and shouldn't be quoted anywhere outside of court records.
Do the same for a dog, a small child or an
imbecile
.
One would have to be the biggest
imbecile
in the world to have hired him.
It is not what is in the list that shocks me, for any list drawn by bureaucrats is bound to be an
imbecile
list.
Not even a third world country would put up with this
imbecile
.
As someone said, you have to be a great man to do great good, but even an
imbecile
can do great evil.
There is nothing worse than being trapped in a closed space with some
imbecile
who bathes in cheap perfume.
The stereotype of the fraternity guy as party-loving
imbecile
is alive and well:.
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