Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being stupid.
- noun A stupid act, remark, or idea.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A state of stupor or stupefaction; torpidity of feeling or of mind.
- noun The character or quality of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; inanity; crass ignorance.
- noun Synonyms See
stupid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.
- noun rare Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The property of being
stupid . - noun countable An act that is stupid.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
- noun a stupid mistake
Etymologies
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Examples
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I very rarely us the term stupidity to describe some of the comments.
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Yeah, I'm scared of Sarah Palin, scared that her stupidity is as contagious as the H1N1 flu virus.
Palin becomes MoveOn target as SarahPAC cash haul surges 2009
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Your stupidity is an offense to our entire species
Think Progress » Coburn: ‘I love gridlock’ because it means ‘we’re not passing things.’ 2010
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Laughing at your stupidity is the most fun I have had all day.
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The record of your stupidity is there in the books, your own books that you never read.
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Your stupidity is a conservative†™ s best friend.
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In fact, she was vexed with him half the time for what she called his stupidity, and half the time tantalized by his 'studious reserve.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Billy blamed herself very much for what she called her stupidity in so baldly summoning Arkwright's attention to Calderwell's devotion to
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He lost all patience with what he considered the timidity of the President, and what he called the stupidity of congress.
The Flag Homer Greene 1896
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Billy blamed herself very much for what she called her stupidity in so baldly summoning Arkwright's attention to Calderwell's devotion to Alice
Miss Billy — Married 1894
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