Stupidity Meaning
/stjuːˈpɪdɪti/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe property of being stupid.
nounAn act that is stupid.
Sentence Examples
Thanks to your stupidity, we lost the game.
He had the stupidity to try to help Carlo.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
His decision to run into the fire showed incredible ____ and lack of caution.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Ignoring the warning signs was an act of pure ____.
Word Origin & History
From Latin stupiditātem, accusative of Latin stupiditās, equivalent to stupid + -ity.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"8. They require that crass stupidities shall not be played upon the reader as “the craft of the woodsman, the delicate art of the forest,” by either the author or the people in the tale."
— 1895 July, Mark Twain, “Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses”, in North American Review:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
His decision to run into the fire showed incredible ____ and lack of caution.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Ignoring the warning signs was an act of pure ____.