<adj.all> the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework that's a cockeyed idea ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer a contribution so small as to be laughable it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
having a mental age of three to seven years
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Idiotic \Id`i*ot"ic\, Idiotical \Id`i*ot"ic*al\, a. [L. idioticus ignorant, Gr. ?: cf. F. idiotique. See {Idiot}.] 1. Common; simple. [Obs.] --Blackwall.
2. Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action.
Maybe it isn't worth getting too worked up over "For Keeps," with its standard ingredients of contemporary teen fare: idiotic parents, wise teen-agers and wisecracking younger siblings.
"But looking around here, ladies and gentlemen, I see those idiotic plants have got it wrong again.
Bush said on April 24 that he had not talked with anyone about whether he would pardon North and said any suggestions about what he would do were "stupid" and "idiotic."
In Washington, Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr. called the Exxon memo "idiotic" and, through a spokesman, vowed to take Exxon to court if necessary to ensure it cleans up long-term damages from the spill.
"I still think the system is idiotic.
So there is still time to squawk against this idiotic bit of crypto-fascist self-regarding rube paranoia.