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idiotic

[ id-ee-ot-ik ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of an idiot.
  2. senselessly foolish or stupid:

    an idiotic remark.



idiotic

/ ˌɪɪˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. of or resembling an idiot; foolish; senseless
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ徱ˈdzپԱ, noun
  • ˌ徱ˈdzپ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • i·dzi·· adverb
  • i·dzi··Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of idiotic1

1705–15; < Late Latin 徱ōپܲ < Greek 徱ōپó private, ignorant. See idiot, -ic
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One source who has worked with them described this as "brave and idiotic".

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Geopolitically, blowing up our alliances and the global economy in the name of “self-sufficiency” is unfathomably idiotic.

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It's a sign of the delusional self-confidence in their own mendacious powers that the tech oligarchs who are financing this idiotic idea insist on going with that branding anyway.

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Plenty of the twists leading up to the last episode are idiotic, including a few scenes relying on CGI distractingly inelegant enough to border on repulsive.

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Business and union leaders joined in publicly and privately, beseeching him not to go down this idiotic road.

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