as in lunatic
a person who lacks good sense or judgment
he was a helpless mooncalf when it came to making decisions about even the most trivial things
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Recent Examples of mooncalf
Assholes can make great music, as can liars, hypocrites, mooncalves, illiterates, teenagers, and borderline personalities, but right-wingers cannot.
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Rob Tannenbaum, The Cut, 23 June 2017
Rob Tannenbaum, The Cut, 23 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mooncalf
Noun
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Holding out hope for Hannah’s return, or Janine’s liberation, or… anything, really, by this point in the Hulu drama’s final run can feel like a fool’s errand.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
8 Apr. 2025
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After a brief fool’s spring, New York City plunged once again into a cold snap.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Harry and Kev also swap vehicles to throw off the police surveillance, leading Fisk to follow the wrong ride on a wild goose chase.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Unless real action is taken soon by the IMF and/or congress to address this matter, the industry which has served as this region’s golden goose for decades could soon start running low on eggs.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Paired alongside Williams and Dunst’s airheads, Ferrell plays a nincompoop Bob Woodward, but the role doesn’t give him much of a chance to cut loose.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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Being a nature nincompoop may have saved him from a grisly fate.—
Kevin Spear,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But this time, his front-right tire was slow to come off, seemingly as the wheel gun did not connect with the wheel nut on the first attempt.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Botanically the fruit is a drupe, not a nut.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Mooncalf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mooncalf. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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