imbecilic

[ im-buh-sil-ik ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of an imbecile.
2. contemptibly stupid, silly, or inappropriate:

   an imbecilic suggestion.

   Synonyms: idiotic, asinine, stupid

Word History and Origins

Origin of imbecilic¹

First recorded in 1915–20; imbecile + -ic

Example Sentences

But aging Jonas also has the perhaps unintended effect of making his naiveté seem slightly imbecilic.

From The Daily Beast

Again and again soldiers are referred to as animals, as cretins turned lunatic by such "senseless, imbecilic violence."

From The Daily Beast

Obama is hardly a shallow academic scoring easy moral points with a pretty—if morally imbecilic—phrase.

From The Daily Beast

I suppose we must accept some of the more imbecilic aspects of your warped genius.

From Project Gutenberg

He, Hunter, was the one who deserved execution for ever entrusting anything so important as the message to an imbecilic animal.

From Project Gutenberg

The idleness of the imbecile is always imbecilic, but the dreams of a poet have spells that enthrall.

From Project Gutenberg

If stimulated by association with girls, he makes crude and imbecilic plans for conquest.

From Project Gutenberg

It needs no argument to show that all the rest of his conduct in leaving things as he did was imbecilic.

From Project Gutenberg