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To me, this seemed cretinous; I’m bothered, after all, that people have posted PDFs of my novels on the Web, so why should I do the same to someone else?

From The New Yorker • Jul. 11, 2016

Now of course, most British readers will associate Morgan with cretinous tabloid newspapers, hour-long schmaltzy interviews with anyone from the prime minister to beat combo Hear'say – and of course, relentless self-promotion.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2012

Even a moderately soulful vocal from Pharrell can't save this, which literally sounds like SHM are testing out every setting on their ludicrously expensive synths by bashing out the same cretinous non-riff.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2010

Mr. Sandler’s character, Lenny Feder, a successful Hollywood agent, is the only recognizable human being among this cretinous crew.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2010

She tried to read his face but was met by a look that was indecipherable: the cheerful, cretinous grin at odds with the narrow, half-desperate look in his eyes.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini