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  • adjective informal stupid

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Examples

  • Network executives like to pretend that there is some magical divination that determines whether or not a show will make it, but I think McCracken has got it exactly right, and I suspect that even the most numbskulled network suit could figure this out, too.

    2007 September 2007

  • Network executives like to pretend that there is some magical divination that determines whether or not a show will make it, but I think McCracken has got it exactly right, and I suspect that even the most numbskulled network suit could figure this out, too.

    Stay Tuned…PLEASE! 2007

  • There is no law of courtesy which requires any one to inflict suffering on themselves, or perhaps to endanger their lives, out of regard to numbskulled architects or incompetent "building committees."

    Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants. Ledyard Bill

  • In some ways, Soderbergh's sober, academic approach is a refreshing alternative to the numbskulled Roland Emmerich brand of disaster movie, in which a global catastrophe is just an opportunity for the hero to drive at high speed and prove himself to his family.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • The most disturbing thing about this story is that the parents of these children didn't comprehend that their 19-year old friend had tapped out all of the hope and potential in her short life but kept all of the selfish, stupid, thoughtless, numbskulled elements of the worst parts of humanity when they asked her to babysit.

    An Angry White Guy in Chicago 2009

  • Even airhead, numbskulled idiots can become Speaker of the House in America ..

    Latest Articles 2009

  • I'm hoping for them to get the message out to all the numbskulled undecideds out there about their hero Barack Hussein since the MSM abdicated that responsibility a long time ago in this country and as far as I'm concerned didn't even exist in this campaign.

    Chicagoray's Views and News 2008

  • It's is a truly numbskulled confusion of correlation and causal link, so much so that I can't quite believe she has done it, and secretly fear I may be missing something.

    THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF MORTIMER 2008

  • After it’s all done they either have to unlearn these politically correct lies, or they are numbskulled zombies for the rest of their lives.

    Unplug Education. No Computers In Schools. - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState 2010

  • It’s is a truly numbskulled confusion of correlation and causal link, so much so that I can’t quite believe she has done it, and secretly fear I may be missing something.

    Tax before marriage Alix Mortimer 2008

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