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nincompoop

noun as in idiot

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He might read a lesson to many a two-legged prig, were the bipedal nincompoop capable of learning it.

That young Welsh nincompoop imp has his eyes everywhere; his ears are always open.

And now because a monstrous piece of good luck has made a Crichton of him, you begin to regret the nincompoop!

If he hinted that a certain new comer impressed him unfavorably, the nincompoop was summarily kicked out of society.

The heavily-loaded wagon of the nincompoop and the virago was almost constantly mired.

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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nincompoop, such as: ass, blockhead, boob, clod, dolt, and dunce.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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