doofus
noun
a foolish or inept person.
doofuses
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pluralof doofus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Those doofuses on YouTube, spinning out in their jumped-up Ford Mustangs?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
“Just two doofuses from Daly City,” Robinson told the Times in 2021, shortly after Madden’s death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
By now in life, any people happening upon that tape without recognizing they would want that guy on their team would have to count as doofuses.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
At the same time, Rhaenyra was dodging marriage proposals from strategically useful doofuses.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2022
If gluten has found its way into the mass-targeted shenanigans of Apatovian doofuses, I thought, how much further can it fall?
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2015
