nincompoop
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, ˈniŋ-\
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berk [British], booby, charlie (also charley) [British], cuckoo, ding-a-ling, ding-dong, dingbat, dipstick, doofus [slang], featherhead, fool, git [British], goose, half-wit, jackass, lunatic, mooncalf, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, nut, nutcase, simp, simpleton, turkey, yo-yo
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Equal in irrelevance was HR Paul, the head of the human resources department, who was generally regarded as a nincompoop psychology PhD with a flatulence problem. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "Google’s former PR boss Jessica Powell wrote a satirical novel about tech and published it all on Medium," 2 Oct. 2018 There truly is no end to the extraordinary behavior on show from the various villains, incompetents, bewildered neophytes, and absolute nincompoops in Donald Trump's orbit. — Jack Holmes, Esquire, "This Live Interview with an Ex-Trump Campaign Aide Went Off the Rails," 5 Mar. 2018 It was immediately denounced by the usual opportunistic nincompoops as a call to violence and sedition, even a call to overthrow the government. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "What Persecution We Raise," 13 Aug. 2017 And Kelly, or any reporter, would be a nincompoop for not assuming that an interviewee has a tape of their session, even if surreptitiously recorded. — vanityfair.com, "Alex Jones’s Pre-emptive Strike Against Megyn Kelly," 16 June 2017 And Kelly, or any reporter, would be a nincompoop for not assuming that an interviewee has a tape of their session, even if surreptitiously recorded. — The Hive, "Alex Jones’s Pre-emptive Strike Against Megyn Kelly," 16 June 2017 In other words, white working-class voters were primarily drawn to this blustery nincompoop because the factories were shutting down. — Leonard Pitts Jr, The Mercury News, "Pitts: White working class animus runs deeper than politics," 15 May 2017 Faith’s decidedly pink-collar job is threatened by a nincompoop former prep-school football-star boss. — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, "Elinor Lipman lets you go home again, laughing all the way," 2 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nincompoop.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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