dumbness

Example Sentences

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But there’s a longer list of mundane purchases that has sparked a debate about their relative dumbness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The dumbness of this story breaks into two areas.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2022

Scripting the ferocious dumbness of the trademark voice-over copy was truly an art form.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2021

Side effects include nausea, dizziness, numbness, dumbness, Dementias, deletions, leeches, letches, hexes, hoaxes, hocus-pocuses, And, if there is justice, spiritual, moral, federal, state, & local charges.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

But being reminded of the dumbness doesn’t make me feel very good.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone