imbecile
noun
imbeciles
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pluralof imbecile.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mr Stratford said they had requested risk and equality impact assessments on the council's decision, but they felt "dismissed" and "treated like we were imbeciles".
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro called the culprits "imbeciles" after they were filmed on the waterway on Wednesday, and offered a restaurant dinner to anyone who could identify them.
From Reuters ● Aug. 18, 2022
In an instant, in the eyes of some classmates and rivals alike, they went from promising freshmen to everlasting imbeciles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2020
If I can’t convince these imbeciles of anything, I can at least annoy them, and I think I do a reasonably good job of that.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2019
They were imbeciles, as well as being the Sassenach, and she herself was a saint She was, she discovered with a change of posture, interested in nothing but her darling boys.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
