stupid

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Perhaps, but more than that it's bloody stupid.

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Quick take

a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of stupid gathered in one view.

noun

a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"

adjective

lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

adjective

in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for stupid.

noun

a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"

See also: stupe, dullard, dolt, pudden-head, pillock

adjective

lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

adjective

in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue"

adjective

lacking intelligence; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers"

Example sentences

Perhaps, but more than that it's bloody stupid.

"sigh This is such a silly, stupid point to make:Buying an iPad?

I shouldn't have to stare at a loading screen to read a half-dozen paragraphs of text, that's just stupid.

"""Furthermore, if you design for the stupid, you must also design for the defiant.

I went to a po-dunk Midwestern state school, so what looks obviously stupid to me is maybe genius.

In both case, I think it's stupid to be fundamentally opposed to the technology/research itself.

" are stupid.- testing "back of the envelope" estimation however can be useful.

Craning her neck to stare at that stupid dim little screen instead of just looking around at the beautiful neighborhood I lived in.

I'm one who pretty much defaults to giving women a pass because of all the stupid shit they've dealt with over a long history of men being complete assholes.

Inhaling a lungful of carcinogenic smoke several hundred times a day is undoubtedly a stupid idea.

With all due respect, one thing that gets really tiresome on this board is the "OMG, this person is soo stupid because they don't know nearly as much as I do about this one particular topic" tone in this comment.

If she's too tough she's marked as an "angry bitch" and will get rejected, if she's not perfectly competent in areas far outside of her job function, she'll be marked as "stupid" and get rejected, etc. etc. Cultivating authority, for a woman, requires a degree of careful presentation and balance that is very hard to do and most men don't have to deal with.

I've worked for some very good women bosses and a women CEO and I admired their ability to find that balance and presentation style that gave them command without them appearing as an "angry bitch" or "stupid".I've also worked with some women that couldn't find that balance, they weren't really doing anything a reasonably competent man wouldn't do, but were marked with gendered epithets and eventually driven from their job.