nincompoop

Tom was of course not a nincompoop, but a serious, thoughtful person who hungered to add substance to sketch comedy.

“You moron! You idiot! You nincompoop!”

Call McCarthy a nincompoop all you want, but—so far!—he’s outplaying Democrats on the debt limit.

A multinational corporation intent on protecting franchises that bring it more than $80 billion a year has thus far made its adversary look like a blustering nincompoop.

Among the subtler striking images she portrayed repeatedly was that of her boss, Mark Meadows, as a disengaged nincompoop.