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stupid
[ stoo-pid, styoo‑ ]
adjective
- lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; slow-witted.
Sorry for asking a stupid question, but why is the answer four instead of five?
He wished he'd never come to such a stupid party.
- annoying or irritating; troublesome:
Turn off that stupid radio.
- in a state of stupor; stupefied:
After a twelve-hour work day, she was stupid from fatigue.
noun
- Informal. a stupid person.
stupid
/ ˈːɪ /
adjective
- lacking in common sense, perception, or normal intelligence
- usually postpositive stunned, dazed, or stupefied
stupid from lack of sleep
- having dull mental responses; slow-witted
- trivial, silly, or frivolous
noun
- informal.a stupid person
Confusables Note
Derived Forms
- ˈٳܱ辱Ա, noun
- ˈٳܱ辱, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ٳ·辱· adverb
- ٳ·辱·Ա noun
- ܲ·ٳ·辱 adjective
- un·ٳ·辱· adverb
- un·ٳ·辱·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of stupid1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stupid1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"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."
Sounds so stupid — like, my heart and soul is about those little sticks with a bunch of sugar on it?
“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.”
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.
Her hilariously deadpan assessment of it all over the family meal the following night is a grumble: “It’s stupid.”
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