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单词 stupidity
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Definition of stupidity in English:

stupidity

nounstʃʊˈpɪdɪtistjʊˈpɪdɪtistjuːˈpɪdɪtistʃuːˈpɪdɪtist(j)uˈpɪdədi
mass noun
  • 1Behaviour that shows a lack of good sense or judgement.

    I can't believe my own stupidity
    count noun one of the stupidities of our age
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Too many people get hurt because of fireworks - whether through their own stupidity, or through the stupidity of others.
    • In other words, relying on the continued stupidity of central bankers is not the most tenable investment thesis.
    • And you can't rise up every time someone does something stupid and pass a law for the masses to stop the stupidity.
    • I have no one to blame but myself for my stupidity.
    • I'm just incapable of ignoring the vast stupidity that appears to be going on around me.
    • There are plenty of precedents for laws protecting people from their own stupidity - the compulsory use of seat-belts and crash helmets being two obvious examples.
    • If ever a great end to a league season was spoilt by one bloke's stupidity it was this one by charming Chris.
    • I'm tired of the games, the stupidities, the frustrations, the dynamics, the everything.
    • A man is inseparable from his congenital vanities and stupidities, as a dog is inseparable from its fleas.
    • He inwardly laughed at his own stupidity.
    • It's not a reporter's job to protect a star's image, or to protect him from his own stupidity.
    • To jeopardize yourself and those you love just to prove your point is plain stupidity.
    • To not reduce the retail price in the face of the facts is sheer stupidity.
    • He's dying for some ice cream but knows it would be the height of stupidity to be seen there.
    • The planet, which was laid waste some millennia previously thanks to the stupidity of mankind, is now littered with ruins.
    • The Wall Street boys got themselves in a huge mess through their own greed and stupidity.
    • The planet is now suffering because of our own stupidity and we are trying to make ourselves feel better by recycling things.
    • Please forgive me for my stupidity.
    • Why should I suffer because of somebody's negligence, carelessness, stupidity or even a deliberate act on his or her part?
    • This little boy has nearly lost his life through somebody's stupidity.
    • Of course, that was utter stupidity on my part.
    Synonyms
    lack of intelligence, unintelligence, foolishness, denseness, brainlessness, ignorance, mindlessness, dull-wittedness, dull-headedness, dullness, slow-wittedness, doltishness, slowness, vacancy
    gullibility, naivety
    informal thickness, dimness, dumbness, dopiness, doziness, craziness
    foolishness, folly, silliness, idiocy, brainlessness, senselessness, irresponsibility, injudiciousness, ineptitude, inaneness, inanity, irrationality, absurdity, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, fatuousness, fatuity, asininity, pointlessness, meaninglessness, futility, fruitlessness, madness, insanity, lunacy
    informal craziness
    British informal daftness
    1. 1.1 The quality of being stupid or unintelligent.
      a comedy of infantile stupidity
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The ability of the human mind to rationalize away stupidity is absolutely staggering.
      • To confess that I did not realize the implications of my actions would be stupid, even beyond the stupidity of my previous letter to you.
      • "Your policy is based in ignorance, hate, and stupidity," one E-mail read.
      • I am left pondering the stupidity of this juxtaposition.
      • Our hearts are created to experience great things; most of us have no idea of what could happen in our lives if we would overcome our stupidity and dullness.
      • Not all of the humor makes fun of Derek's stupidity; there are some clever things to be found in Zoolander as well.
      • During the heightened moments of the film, the feeling of fearfulness is overshadowed by the stupidity of the plot.
      • I'm not asking for any resignations at this point as I don't know how far up the chain of command this stupidity goes.
      • She said the offences were the result of ignorance and gross stupidity, and it was an extremely hard lesson which he had now learned.
      • His villain is the other side of man: stupidity, greed, and the reckless pursuit of power.
      • We are prone to desire more than we have, hate those who disagree with us and commit shameful things because of stupidity.
      • Once the complete stupidity of these subsidies becomes apparent, governments will cease paying them and many wind farms will go bankrupt.
      • The worse RBTV has to offer could not match the mind numbing stupidity of this caper.
      • The admiral laughed in spite of the stupidity of such reasoning.
      • Despite its length and stupidity, this is the first entertaining document to be published by the Scottish Executive.
      • I assure you that any reasonable and thinking person reading this contretemps of lazy writing and outright stupidity may just harbor suicidal thoughts.
      • It's my hope that they'll stumble into some miracle cure for stupidity, thusly reducing my stupid rating by a factor of 5 or more.
      • The only thing that they are good at is showing their own stupidity.
      • He is a PhD student in Classics so you can imagine he has done a lot of stupid things, not out of actual stupidity, but out of absent mindedness.
      • As for the continuity goofs (of which there are many) - they probably would have been more obvious if the stupidity of the story hadn't camouflaged them so effectively.

Rhymes

acidity, acridity, aridity, avidity, cupidity, flaccidity, fluidity, frigidity, humidity, hybridity, insipidity, intrepidity, limpidity, liquidity, lividity, lucidity, morbidity, placidity, putridity, quiddity, rabidity, rancidity, rapidity, rigidity, solidity, stolidity, tepidity, timidity, torpidity, torridity, turgidity, validity, vapidity

Definition of stupidity in US English:

stupidity

nounst(j)uˈpɪdədist(y)o͞oˈpidədē
  • 1Behavior that shows a lack of good sense or judgment.

    I can't believe my own stupidity
    one of the stupidities of our age
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of course, that was utter stupidity on my part.
    • This little boy has nearly lost his life through somebody's stupidity.
    • Please forgive me for my stupidity.
    • I have no one to blame but myself for my stupidity.
    • A man is inseparable from his congenital vanities and stupidities, as a dog is inseparable from its fleas.
    • Too many people get hurt because of fireworks - whether through their own stupidity, or through the stupidity of others.
    • He's dying for some ice cream but knows it would be the height of stupidity to be seen there.
    • If ever a great end to a league season was spoilt by one bloke's stupidity it was this one by charming Chris.
    • He inwardly laughed at his own stupidity.
    • To jeopardize yourself and those you love just to prove your point is plain stupidity.
    • I'm tired of the games, the stupidities, the frustrations, the dynamics, the everything.
    • The planet, which was laid waste some millennia previously thanks to the stupidity of mankind, is now littered with ruins.
    • Why should I suffer because of somebody's negligence, carelessness, stupidity or even a deliberate act on his or her part?
    • And you can't rise up every time someone does something stupid and pass a law for the masses to stop the stupidity.
    • To not reduce the retail price in the face of the facts is sheer stupidity.
    • There are plenty of precedents for laws protecting people from their own stupidity - the compulsory use of seat-belts and crash helmets being two obvious examples.
    • The Wall Street boys got themselves in a huge mess through their own greed and stupidity.
    • I'm just incapable of ignoring the vast stupidity that appears to be going on around me.
    • It's not a reporter's job to protect a star's image, or to protect him from his own stupidity.
    • In other words, relying on the continued stupidity of central bankers is not the most tenable investment thesis.
    • The planet is now suffering because of our own stupidity and we are trying to make ourselves feel better by recycling things.
    Synonyms
    lack of intelligence, unintelligence, foolishness, denseness, brainlessness, ignorance, mindlessness, dull-wittedness, dull-headedness, dullness, slow-wittedness, doltishness, slowness, vacancy
    foolishness, folly, silliness, idiocy, brainlessness, senselessness, irresponsibility, injudiciousness, ineptitude, inaneness, inanity, irrationality, absurdity, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, fatuousness, fatuity, asininity, pointlessness, meaninglessness, futility, fruitlessness, madness, insanity, lunacy
    1. 1.1 The quality of being stupid or unintelligent.
      a comedy of infantile stupidity
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The worse RBTV has to offer could not match the mind numbing stupidity of this caper.
      • I am left pondering the stupidity of this juxtaposition.
      • I'm not asking for any resignations at this point as I don't know how far up the chain of command this stupidity goes.
      • He is a PhD student in Classics so you can imagine he has done a lot of stupid things, not out of actual stupidity, but out of absent mindedness.
      • I assure you that any reasonable and thinking person reading this contretemps of lazy writing and outright stupidity may just harbor suicidal thoughts.
      • The admiral laughed in spite of the stupidity of such reasoning.
      • Once the complete stupidity of these subsidies becomes apparent, governments will cease paying them and many wind farms will go bankrupt.
      • "Your policy is based in ignorance, hate, and stupidity," one E-mail read.
      • Our hearts are created to experience great things; most of us have no idea of what could happen in our lives if we would overcome our stupidity and dullness.
      • She said the offences were the result of ignorance and gross stupidity, and it was an extremely hard lesson which he had now learned.
      • To confess that I did not realize the implications of my actions would be stupid, even beyond the stupidity of my previous letter to you.
      • The only thing that they are good at is showing their own stupidity.
      • His villain is the other side of man: stupidity, greed, and the reckless pursuit of power.
      • The ability of the human mind to rationalize away stupidity is absolutely staggering.
      • Not all of the humor makes fun of Derek's stupidity; there are some clever things to be found in Zoolander as well.
      • As for the continuity goofs (of which there are many) - they probably would have been more obvious if the stupidity of the story hadn't camouflaged them so effectively.
      • During the heightened moments of the film, the feeling of fearfulness is overshadowed by the stupidity of the plot.
      • It's my hope that they'll stumble into some miracle cure for stupidity, thusly reducing my stupid rating by a factor of 5 or more.
      • Despite its length and stupidity, this is the first entertaining document to be published by the Scottish Executive.
      • We are prone to desire more than we have, hate those who disagree with us and commit shameful things because of stupidity.
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