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Inane (ih-NAYN)
Lacking intelligent thought – complacently foolish
Common clues: Vacuous; Silly; Absurd; Really dumb; Preposterous; Cockamamie
Crossword puzzle frequency: once a month
Frequency in English language: 36766 / 86800
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Stupidity is the quality or condition of being stupid or lacking intelligence, as opposed to being merely ignorant or uneducated. This quality can be attributed to an individual (e.g. Penny Person is stupid) or a person's actions, words or beliefs (e.g., Penny Person's policies are stupid). The term can thus also refer to poor use of judgment, or insensitivity to nuances in a person who is otherwise intelligent. The determination of who is stupid is relatively difficult, despite attempts to measure intelligence (and thus stupidity) such as IQ tests. The adjective is also used as a general pejorative (e.g. I didn't borrow your stupid cap - go look for it yourself).
"Whenever
I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I
can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but
not with all those flies and death and stuff."
--Mariah Carey
"Smoking
kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your
life,"
--Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign.
"I'm
not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are
the president."
--Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents.
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