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stupid

[ stoo-pid, styoo ]

adjective

stupider, stupidest.
  1. lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; slow-witted.
  2. characterized by or proceeding from mental dullness; foolish; senseless:

    Sorry for asking a stupid question, but why is the answer four instead of five?

  3. tediously boring, especially due to lack of meaning or sense; inane; pointless:

    He wished he'd never come to such a stupid party.

  4. annoying or irritating; troublesome:

    Turn off that stupid radio.

  5. in a state of stupor; stupefied:

    After a twelve-hour work day, she was stupid from fatigue.



noun

  1. Informal. a stupid person.

stupid

/ ˈːɪ /

adjective

  1. lacking in common sense, perception, or normal intelligence
  2. usually postpositive stunned, dazed, or stupefied

    stupid from lack of sleep

  3. having dull mental responses; slow-witted
  4. trivial, silly, or frivolous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. informal.
    a stupid person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Confusables Note

Stupid, ignorant, and unintelligent are all used to refer to people or things that seem to show a lack of mental resources. Stupid is the most general and most insulting term, and can describe someone lacking in intelligence, wisdom, prudence, or mental quickness. Unintelligent refers to people or things that are lacking in capacity for learning, reasoning, or understanding. Ignorant, by contrast, generally means lacking in knowledge (not necessarily lacking in intelligence).
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٳܱ辱Ա, noun
  • ˈٳܱ辱, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ٳ·辱· adverb
  • ٳ·辱·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ٳ·辱 adjective
  • un·ٳ·辱· adverb
  • un·ٳ·辱·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stupid1

First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin stupidus, equivalent to ٳܱ(ŧ) “to be numb, to be stunned” + -idus -id 4( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stupid1

C16: from French stupide, from Latin stupidus silly, from ٳܱŧ to be amazed
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Synonym Study

See dull.
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Example Sentences

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"It would be stupid of me to go into 2025 with an eventuality that we might need one of them because we don't have the other two."

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Sounds so stupid — like, my heart and soul is about those little sticks with a bunch of sugar on it?

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“And also learned something from Donald Trump — he signed checks for people, $7,400 for people because we passed the plan. I didn’t — stupid.”

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As 52-year-old Bird pulled alongside, Terry told Emma the man they were about to see was probably going to make a stupid joke or something.

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Her hilariously deadpan assessment of it all over the family meal the following night is a grumble: “It’s stupid.”

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The adjective stupid describes things characterized or proceeding from mental dullness. Do you know when to use stupid, fatuous, silly, inane, foolish, and asinine? Find out on .

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