crackpot
noun
crack·pot
ˈkrak-ˌpät 
plural crackpots
: one given to eccentric or wildly foolish notions
crackpot
adjective
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Examples of crackpot in a Sentence
Some crackpot in a clown suit is out there directing traffic.
everyone is tolerant of the town crackpot, a man who never hurt anyone
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Lucius becomes a slave and is in the charge of crafty Macrinus, and soon becomes entertainment for the masses and two dangerously crackpot twin Roman emperors — Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Caracalla (Fred Hechinger).
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Those may sound like the Luddite ravings of a crackpot who breached security at an IEEE conference.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2014
Three directors seem like a lot for one film that isn’t an omnibus, especially with an ensemble that includes, as the crackpot world leaders, Alicia Vikander, Charles Dance, Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rolando Ravello, and Takehiro Hira.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024
Germ theory, plate tectonics, the Big Bang and countless other fringe theories lay buried in the crackpot pile for decades before surfacing as scientific consensus.
—Andréa Morris, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Those may sound like the Luddite ravings of a crackpot who breached security at an IEEE conference.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2014
Three directors seem like a lot for one film that isn’t an omnibus, especially with an ensemble that includes, as the crackpot world leaders, Alicia Vikander, Charles Dance, Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rolando Ravello, and Takehiro Hira.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024
Germ theory, plate tectonics, the Big Bang and countless other fringe theories lay buried in the crackpot pile for decades before surfacing as scientific consensus.
—Andréa Morris, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Crackpot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crackpot. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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