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as in dumb
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
we watched as the stupid squirrels tried unsuccessfully to find a way to get the seeds from the new bird feeder there are no stupid questions
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as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
I can't believe we sat through the whole stupid movie
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as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
not liking the captain is a stupid reason to quit the team
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as in idiot
a stupid person
a genius at math, but a total stupid when it came to his love life
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Recent Examples of stupid
David Axe, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Every editor who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that endorsements are of modest influence at best.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
Megan McIntyre, refinery29.com, 9 June 2022
Somebody who is dyslexic sometimes has this fear of being perceived as [stupid].
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2022
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Adjective
The risk, of course, is that the North Koreans will learn what those Russian marines learned recently: that their commanders are cruel, ignorant or both—and that following stupid orders from uncaring officers is bad for your health.
—David Axe, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Every editor who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that endorsements are of modest influence at best.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
But those options continue to be out of reach for the majority of those who are afflicted with this stupid, infuriating skin condition.
—Megan McIntyre, refinery29.com, 9 June 2022
Somebody who is dyslexic sometimes has this fear of being perceived as [stupid].
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stupid
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Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 July 2017
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Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 10 July 2017
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Most of this long flashback segment is pretty boring, though.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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Toyota and Honda have at times been called boring: Honda by its own engineers, Toyota more famously by a chairman descended from the company’s founder.Robert Ferris, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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The authors concluded that any attempt to create a synthetic substance to replace the mud — something Major League Baseball has explored — would be foolish.Evan Bush, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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To end its losing tradition, Colorado has to stop making foolish choices with its payroll.Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
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This means my phone was limited to T-Mobile's slower 5G service, which explains the lower speeds.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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It’s been a long, slow build for Annunen to become an NHL goalie, but getting to start six times in eight games for the Avs was a big step for him.Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Similarly, listening as a member of a large audience or having to listen for a long time was also tiring.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Working while speaking was more annoying but less tiring than silence and noise.Dominique Fluker, Essence, 15 Oct. 2024
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But while the 118 is able to save both Celeste and her mother-in-law’s final resting place, a smug Trent trips and drops the vase, an appropriate punchline to a very silly cold open.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Read more Today's talkers Take a break from the election with these silly, happy shows.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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If peace has always been but a simple voluntary choice, the price of human imperfection has been paid in the coin of perpetual war.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Or that a different definition will make a theory simpler.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2024
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The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Stupid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stupid. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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