witlessness

noun

Definition of witlessnessnext
1
as in insanity
lack of good sense or judgment his astounding feats of witlessness are the stuff of family legend

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2
as in thickness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind for sheer witlessness the movie's dialogue deserves some sort of award

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  1. insanity
  2. thickness
  3. madness
  4. simplicity
  5. stupidity
  6. absurdity
  7. foolishness
  8. unwisdom
Noun
  • The plotting and premeditation undercut the potential insanity argument, however.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The subsequent trial captivated the nation, and Thaw was eventually found not guilty on the grounds of insanity.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of insanity
Noun
  • Or consider another possible tweak to standard dimensions that would boost a building’s versatility: modifying its thickness, especially toward the bottom.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The thickness of the icing will determine its drying time.
    Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of thickness
Noun
  • But what of the apologists for madness and criminality, the comfortable sophists who invert morality to score partisan points?
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths Plenty of 2024 movies were of the mind that the only way to respond to a world gone mad is with more madness.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of madness
Noun
  • Embracing Simplicity In Modern Solutions Modern hardware capabilities allow for a paradigm shift toward simplicity.
    Avery Pennarun, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The track’s production, helmed by DJ Pooh, achieves emotional depth through masterful simplicity.
    Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of simplicity
Noun
  • In other words, people managed to eat, sleep, make love, and progress despite the shocking stupidity of the country’s first democratic government that was founded in Weimar after WWI.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Whereas other characters are defined by their flaws — Moe’s lack of a love life, Skinner’s crippling attachment to his mother, and Homer’s general stupidity — Flanders is always relatively free of problems.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of stupidity
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  • Some bills memorably illustrated the absurdity of a system that turns ordinary mishaps into extraordinary revenues.
    Elisabeth Rosenthal, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
  • For me, at least, the best part of the sketch is all of the wordless expressions taking in the absurdity of everything.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of absurdity
Noun
  • The problem is not the companies but the system, whose foolishness is very clear to those, like me, who have spent decades abroad.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Lakers were, again, the Lakers — the version from early this season that made optimism seem nothing like foolishness.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of foolishness
Noun
  • Even at the outset of Covid-19, the unwisdom of lockdowns guided mainstream epidemiology.
    Phillip W. Magness and Peter C. Earle, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Dog-dad Daryl proves the unwisdom of bringing his pet to work and ends up crawling through a crack in the rocks to chase his pup.
    Richard Rys, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2021
Definition of unwisdom
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