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Recent Examples of moronic
His moronic tariffs continue to blow up in his face, spiking inflation and getting zero concessions from China.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
In the annals of moronic behavior, driving forty minutes out of your way in the middle of the night in order to secretly and skillfully cut down everybody’s favorite tree does not come up.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
For those unfamiliar with large international sporting events, like the World Cup, combine the moronic passion of a major college football game with the subtlety of a drunk panther with the judgment of a mother on her daughter’s wedding day.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
In the annals of moronic behavior, driving forty minutes out of your way in the middle of the night in order to secretly and skillfully cut down everybody’s favorite tree does not come up.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
For those unfamiliar with large international sporting events, like the World Cup, combine the moronic passion of a major college football game with the subtlety of a drunk panther with the judgment of a mother on her daughter’s wedding day.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moronic
Adjective
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Covering politics today is a grim dance between the vicious and the idiotic, between repulsion and despair.—
Megan McArdle,
Washington Post,
10 May 2026
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Think of the costs of an idiotic war that could have covered universal childcare and college tuitions.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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In fact, one of my chief complaints about some contemporary thrillers is the feeling that characters are required to do dumb stuff by the unseen hand of the author, just so more crazy twists can happen.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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But Williamson isn’t usually dumb.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Directed by Nicolas Athane and Marco Nguyen, Jim Queen is a crass, profane, giddily stupid romp through a heap of stereotypes about gay life in Paris.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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For the record, those students are not stupid.—
Hope Loudon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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“Moronic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moronic. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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