noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
crass stupidity
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an act of crass stupidity
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be the height of fashion/stupidity/luxury etc
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All these artists were the height of fashion in the middle years of the 19C.
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The stunning luminous display and thickly padded, genuine leather wristband are the height of fashion in any setting.
sheer luck/happiness/stupidity etc
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By sheer luck I had given Reuters their biggest news scoop since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
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He made it through sheer luck and by attaching himself to one guy after another and then stepping over them.
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She flung out her hands and caught the edge of the stone by sheer luck.
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So I guessed right; sheer luck.
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Would anybody see if I just nudged them over the edge for their sheer stupidity?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Several guys were wounded because of his stupidity .
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The past 41 years have been an endless parade of stupidities.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Clearly, more and better research will be required if science hopes to find a cure for diet-related stupidity in our lifetime.
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For all my stupidity , I was able to understand that much.
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Gedge pointed out the inherent stupidity of the famous theatrical cliché.
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His cursing, stupidity and general obnoxiousness provide ample material for Sedaris' wit.
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In the end it was only his own meanness and stupidity that brought down nemesis.
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Recognisable human failings-pomposity, stupidity , naivety and cunning-came together in hilariously believable scripts.
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They've described the incident as mindless stupidity .
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This was at odds with everything the rangers had said about Adivassi laziness, Adivassi stupidity .