feeblemindedness

noun

Definition of feeblemindednessnext
as in idiocy

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  1. idiocy
  2. dullness
  3. dumbness
  4. slowness
  5. mindlessness
  6. unwisdom
  7. stupidness
  8. stupidity
Noun
  • Beavis and Butt-Head function as a note-perfect satire of teenage confidence and idiocy, but the sharpness of the writing has always belied the bottom-of-the-barrel intellect of its title characters.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
  • It’s been a classic staple over decades of British comedy, which from Basil Fawlty to David Brent has rejoiced in puncturing pomposity to reveal idiocy and incompetence.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of idiocy
Noun
  • The slim, cordless device emits red and near-infrared light at wavelengths ranging from 625 to 850 nanometers to support collagen production and, with consistent use, help soften the look of fine lines, dullness, and loss of firmness.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Neurocosmetic skincare is everywhere in 2026, with prestige brands and beauty editors promising formulas that work on the brain-skin axis to calm redness, dullness and reactivity.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of dullness
Noun
  • The first 10 minutes are an incredible swirl of paranoia, alcoholism, and sluggish dumbness when Gould just needs to feed his cat.
    — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
  • Unlike its sibling concepts of dumbness and idiocy, stupidity isn’t really a personality trait.
    — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of dumbness
Noun
  • This will mean increased overhead and slowness in deployment but will require sourcing leaders to shift their focus from efficiency to aligning AI to risk mitigation in end-to-end supply chain networks.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The slowness certainly hasn’t been for a lack of effort from either side this summer.
    — Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of slowness
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  • There’s the White House and its malicious megaphone of mindlessness; the generative AI advocates and their pushy, pathetic ploys; the Major League Baseball owners and their dedication to self-destruction.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The show’s real villain is mindlessness, in other words.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of mindlessness
Noun
  • Even at the outset of Covid-19, the unwisdom of lockdowns guided mainstream epidemiology.
    — Phillip W. Magness and Peter C. Earle, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Dog-dad Daryl proves the unwisdom of bringing his pet to work and ends up crawling through a crack in the rocks to chase his pup.
    — Richard Rys, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2021
Definition of unwisdom
Noun
  • In an email to Krebs, Valadon claimed that the repo’s commit logs show that GitHub’s default protections against committing secrets—protections designed to protect unwitting or unskilled developers against exactly this kind of stupidness—had been disabled by the repo’s administrator.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
Definition of stupidness
Noun
  • Learning that countless more people will lose their lives on account of his neglect, greed, and stupidity, he is pressed, reluctantly, into a most self-serving mode of damage control.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Nerdiest song for drummers This will probably come down to stupidity.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of stupidity
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“Feeblemindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeblemindedness. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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