stupidity

[stoo-pid-i-tee, styoo-]

noun

plural

stupidities 

1. the state, quality, or fact of being stupid.

2. a stupid act, notion, speech, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stupidity¹

1535–45; < Latin stupiditās, equivalent to stupid ( us ) stupid + -itās -ity

Example Sentences

But his job in sentencing her is “punishing her conduct and not JPMorgan’s stupidity.”

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“There’s stupidity on both sides. Our job is to make fun of it,” he said last year in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

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“People laugh at the latest stupidity from the president, as if it’s funny,” he says.

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If 30 years from now my grandchildren look back and wonder what happened, I hope they understand this much: Our hubris and arrogance were indicative of our ignorance and stupidity.

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I wondered, ‘Was it vandalism or, was it stupidity?'”

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Related Words

• absurdity 
• apathy 
• idiocy 
• ignorance 
• lunacy 
• nonsense 
• silliness