transcription, транскрипция: [ stju:pɪd, AM stu:- ]
( stupider, stupidest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you say that someone or something is stupid , you mean that they show a lack of good judgment or intelligence and they are not at all sensible.
I’ll never do anything so stupid again...
I made a stupid mistake...
Your father wouldn’t have asked such a stupid question...
= foolish
ADJ
• stu‧pid‧ly
We had stupidly been looking at the wrong column of figures...
ADV : usu ADV with v , also ADV adj
• stu‧pid‧ity
(stupidities)
I stared at him, astonished by his stupidity.
N-VAR : usu with poss
2.
You say that something is stupid to indicate that you do not like it or care about it, or that it annoys you.
I wouldn’t call it art. It’s just stupid and tasteless...
Friendship is much more important to me than a stupid old ring!
= silly
ADJ [ disapproval ]