stupidity

Example Sentences

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It is a profound display of performative stupidity.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

"It shows the stupidity of the declassification process without historical knowledge," Zala believes.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Soon after Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Camus inveighed that “it’s always futile to try to disengage, even if it’s from other people’s stupidity and cruelty. You can’t say, ‘I don’t know.’

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“Some people would call it stupidity; some people will call it disloyal,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Instead of saying ba-ka-ta-re, a common insult meaning stupid, Terminal Islanders would say ba-ka-ya-ro, a coarser and exclusively masculine use of the word, which implies gross stupidity.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston