nincompoop
Example Sentences
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Tom was of course not a nincompoop, but a serious, thoughtful person who hungered to add substance to sketch comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
Among the subtler striking images she portrayed repeatedly was that of her boss, Mark Meadows, as a disengaged nincompoop.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2022
Pretty soon the goal is sinking each other, proving once and for all that the other person is a complete nincompoop.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2017
“Booed, threatened, arrested, evicted, convicted, spat upon, named as a nincompoop in the newspaper” — such was his life in early 1973.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2016
But nincompoop or not, she would have to report to him if she worked for the Navy.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
