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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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stupidity1

1535–45; < Latin ٳܱ辱徱, equivalent to stupid ( us ) stupid + - -ity
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But, again, they are worth laughing at for their venal stupidity, empty reasoning, and sheer chutzpah in preaching the unbelievable to the unknowing and uncaring.

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Wodehouse had displayed nothing worse than the stupidity of the innocent.

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It’s an astonishing level of reckless stupidity that we will be contending with for generations.

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“We enable him and we haven’t learned yet how to battle this stupidity. The country and the world is suffering from the whims of a madman.”

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Trump's actual reasons for imposing tariffs are a combination of off-the-charts stupidity and malice.

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stupidٳˈ辱徱ٲ