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- Dictionarystupidity/stjuːˈpɪdɪti/
noun
- 1. behaviour that shows a lack of good sense or judgement: "I can't believe my own stupidity" Similar Opposite
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the state of being silly or unwise: a moment / act of stupidity. Her stupidity is beyond belief sometimes. It was sheer stupidity to refuse at the price they were offering. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stupid and silly behaviour. antics. buffoonery. dottiness. dumbness. fatuousness. foolishness. frivolousness. fruit loopery. game.
The meaning of STUPIDITY is the quality or state of being stupid. How to use stupidity in a sentence.
Being stupid has to do with not understanding things, not learning from past experiences, and generally not using your brain, so stupidity refers to this quality. Saying that someone did something because of stupidity is an insult because it means the person really should’ve known better.
Stupidity is a quality or state of being stupid, or an act or idea that exhibits properties of being stupid. [4] In a character study of "The Stupid Man" attributed to the Greek philosopher Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC), stupidity was defined as "mental slowness in speech or action".
Stupidity definition: the state, quality, or fact of being stupid. . See examples of STUPIDITY used in a sentence.
the state of being silly or unwise: a moment / act of stupidity. Her stupidity is beyond belief sometimes. It was sheer stupidity to refuse at the price they were offering. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stupid and silly behavior. antics. buffoonery. dottiness. dumbness. fatuousness. foolishness. frivolousness. fruit loopery. game.
noun. /stjuːˈpɪdəti/ /stuːˈpɪdəti/ (plural stupidities) [uncountable, countable, usually plural] behaviour that shows a lack of thought or good judgement. I couldn't believe my own stupidity. the errors and stupidities of youth. The police were astonished at the sheer stupidity of drivers in going so fast in the fog. Extra Examples.
