idiotic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of an idiot.
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senselessly foolish or stupid.
an idiotic remark.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- idiotically adverb
- idioticalness noun
Etymology
Origin of idiotic
1705–15; < Late Latin idiōticus < Greek idiōtikós private, ignorant. See idiot, -ic
Example Sentences
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How idiotic!, a young Pollan thought, to reduce the value of a human’s life to simply its material parts.
From Los Angeles Times
Gray brought up the “idiotic” perception that Brady and other members of the Patriots dynasty might not want this year’s team to succeed and somehow distract from their accomplishments.
From Los Angeles Times
“I think it’s idiotic not to have an up-or-down vote on this issue,” Lawler told reporters after a closed-door meeting with Republican legislators.
From Salon
But the parade of horribles recounted by Mr. Shapiro are at once comic and terrifying: deans harassing speakers, law students defaming anyone holding divergent views, faculty obsessed with idiotic academic theories.
None of that means, mind you, that this alternately idiotic and delusional document — described in that Economist editorial, using an enjoyable Anglo-idiom, as “a dog’s breakfast” — is not dangerous.
From Salon
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