idiotic

variants also idiotical

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of idiotic The current policies are idiotic. The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024 Re-empower law enforcement and get our (expletive removed) roads and bridges fixed instead of wasting money elsewhere on idiotic priorities like electric car mandates. The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024 Too many young people are making idiotic short-term financial decisions that hamper long-term success. Chandler Dean, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2023 Taking money from the IRS — the agency responsible for collecting the money that funds the government — would be an idiotic move. Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for idiotic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idiotic
Adjective
  • Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.
    Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 July 2017
  • Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.
    Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 10 July 2017
Adjective
  • This hate against transgender people is so ridiculous.
    John Russell, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Even in witnessing how ridiculous — and dangerous — the rivalry is, Cherry ultimately isn’t brave enough to make a change.
    Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Added to the chaos is the underlying rudimentary calculation of tariff levels that have produced wildly uneven and irrational effects on trading partners with no readily discernible policy value.
    Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The characters are believably upset and irrational for much of the play.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But Slingshot’s breach of contract suit alleges that Angel continually broke provisions of their agreement, and sometimes seemed entirely ignorant of them.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Naturally, this poor woman is ignorant of her friend Susan’s role in her granddaughter’s disappearance.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The words were harsh but the logic was not unreasonable.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • This would not be an unreasonable proposition, considering the U.S. already pledged a security guarantee to Ukraine upon its return of all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996, based on the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.
    Seung-Whan Choi, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Idiotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiotic. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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