imbecile

Example Sentences

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"I am an imbecile," the man said to the couple as he contemplated taking the long journey back.

From BBC

Tungay said he was "treating the French like imbeciles, making all these so-called tough declarations when the record is so catastrophic".

From BBC

Mr Stratford said they had requested risk and equality impact assessments on the council's decision, but they felt "dismissed" and "treated like we were imbeciles".

From BBC

Argentina’s president, who once called Pope Francis an “imbecile,” met with the pontiff for an hourlong conversation that the Vatican described as “cordial.”

From New York Times

"They were called lunatics and imbeciles, idiots. The terms dementia or schizophrenia weren't known. Psychiatry was an infant science"

From BBC