Every time a failure like that occurs in another department, I'm tempted to call them idiots, but then people like you come along to demonstrate what true idiocy looks like.
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Idiocy
/ˈɪdiəsi/
Synonyms for "idiocy" (91 found)
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Noun(4 words)
inanityineptitudeinfantilisminsanitylunacymadnessmental defectivenessmental deficiencymental handicapmental retardationmindlessnessmongolianismmongolismmongoloid idiocymoronismmoronityniaiserienugacitynuttinessprofound idiocy
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10 entriesbackwardnesscognitive deficiencyfoolish actintellectual disabilityirrational behaviormental deficiencymental retardationretardationslownesssubnormality
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6 entrieseconomic idiocyinstitutional idiocymoral idiocypolitical idiocyrank idiocyutter idiocy
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8 total sentences available.
The gesture of adolescence, which raves for this or that on one day with the ever-present possibility of damning it as idiocy on the next, is now socialized.
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If you can't impress them with skill, impress them with idiocy.
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There will be more laws. The Venus of Willendorf will destroy all fools who poison the earth in their idiocy.
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