(derogatory) A person of low general intelligence.
idiots
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for idiots.
Editorial note
Just like the idiots who are careless with fireworks and then states ban them, the idiots have ruined it.
Quick take
(derogatory) A person of low general intelligence.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of idiots gathered in one view.
(derogatory) A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
(slang, derogatory) A proponent of intelligent design.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for idiots.
noun
(derogatory) A person of low general intelligence.
noun
(derogatory) A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
noun
(slang, derogatory) A proponent of intelligent design.
Example sentences
Just like the idiots who are careless with fireworks and then states ban them, the idiots have ruined it.
Those diseases killed and maimed - only idiots without understanding of history and suffering would oppose vaccination programs.
They pay stars a lot of money because it translates into ticket sales, not because they are idiots.
Yet more evidence that vaccines do work and the anti-vaccine people are idiots of the highest order.
Sometimes people need to know they're idiots without the person calling them an idiot having to tip-toe around the issue.
Unless the voters start voting no to these idiots and ballot measures I don't see anything changing in SF in the foreseeable future.
You're not worried about the government taking a tweet out of context and driving your reputation into the ground, the mob of internet idiots has that covered.
I don't care if VCs waste their money like idiots.
Remind me, why am I being forced to pay 30-35% of my paycheck to these idiots taking payouts and working like fat slugs off my dollar?
I've seen plenty of total idiots with flashy GitHub profiles, and many -- if not all -- of the best coders I know have essentially nothing on GitHub.
Even if swimming pools would be banned, there are private pools, there are lakes and rivers and creeks and canals and oceans and shores, there are ships that sink and idiots that push you down a bridge.
If you want to stop Buzzfeed, don't click clickbait and shame (in a constructive way — without calling them idiots, but making them feel a little bit low-brow, basic manipulation isn't that hard) your facebook friends for reposting such bullshit.
Quote examples
However, publicly calling Gordon Brown a "one-eyed Scottish idiot" certainly was intentionally offensive, which you can conclude from the Royal National Institute of Blind People being offended by the comparison, the Scots being offended by the comparison, and the association of idiots probably being somewhere trying to prepare a statement about being offended.
If at least some people with actual mental disabilities find the use of the term (as a substitute for similar phrases like "idiots" or "dummies", not as a direct smear against people with mental disabilities) inappropriate and hurtful, I fully agree that we shouldn't be using it.
Proper noun examples
Idiots can learn it in 21 days, even if they are dummies.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use idiots in a sentence?
Just like the idiots who are careless with fireworks and then states ban them, the idiots have ruined it.
What does idiots mean?
(derogatory) A person of low general intelligence.
What part of speech is idiots?
idiots is commonly used as noun.