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stupid
adjective as in not intelligent; irresponsible
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Example Sentences
If all “stupid grids” were replaced by smart grids, it would allow cities, for example, to manage production, storage, distribution and consumption of energy and to cut peaks in energy demand that would reduce CO2 emissions dramatically.
I’m just going to make this as completely stupid as I want to be.
Her philosophy, onstage and off, is that not everybody is stupid, not only her views are right, and if we listen to those we disagree with instead of rolling our eyes, we might get somewhere.
What that story missed is that professional investors don’t underperform the market because they’re stupid.
Like, this thing will get published and then some Wyomingite will ride in on a horse and be all like, “Just kidding, we eat chicken wings at our Super Bowl parties, you stupid East Coast rube.”
Later, his turn as a lothario in the box office hit Crazy Stupid Love made him even more swoon-worthy.
Contrary to What Stupid Republicans Think… A completely different U.S. foreign policy may not be the answer.
As expected, initial reports were met with cries of “Stupid!”
On Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who said Republicans are acting like the Stupid Party?
They did not pander to social-conservative populists, and no one would accuse them of representing the Party of Stupid.
Stupid things puns—made one myself then, though—just like me.
Stupid you were when you stole things out of my book—could you not guess that I might have read my own books?
Stupid you were when you thought yourself cleverer than me, and when you thought that I could be lured into becoming a thief.
Stupid you were when you thought balance could be restored by giving the world two thieves instead of one.
Stupid Polish Majesty has his natural envies, jealousies, of a Brandenburg waxing over his head at this rate.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say stupid?
The adjective stupid implies natural slowness or dullness of intellect, or, sometimes, a benumbed or dazed state of mind; it is also used to mean foolish or silly: He was rendered stupid by a blow; It is stupid to do such a thing. Foolish implies a lack of common sense or good judgment or, sometimes, a weakness of mind: a foolish decision; The child seems foolish. Fatuous implies being not only foolish, dull, and vacant in mind, but complacent and highly self-satisfied as well: fatuous and self-important; fatuous answers. Silly denotes extreme and conspicuous foolishness; it may also refer to pointlessness of jokes, remarks, etc.: silly and senseless behavior; a perfectly silly statement. Inane applies to silliness that is notably lacking in content, sense, or point: inane questions that leave one with no reply. Asinine originally meant like an ass; it applies to witlessly stupid conversations or conduct and suggests a lack of social grace or perception: He failed to notice the reaction to his asinine remarks.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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