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nincompoop

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nincompoop /ˈnɪnkəmˌpuːp/ noun
plural nincompoops
nincompoop
/ˈnɪnkəmˌpuːp/
noun
plural nincompoops
Learner's definition of NINCOMPOOP
[count] informal
: a foolish or stupid person笨蛋;傻子
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nincompoop

noun

nin·​com·​poop ˈnin-kəm-ˌpüp How to pronounce nincompoop (audio)
ˈniŋ-
plural nincompoops
informal
: a stupid or silly person : fool, simpleton
… they could easily find some nincompoop to give them yet more money … Kevin Maney
"A bunch of nincompoops … that could not find themselves out of a restroom." Jill Zuckman
nincompoopery noun
Each day's news seems to bring ever more horrific stories of greed, incompetence, arrogance, excess, deceit … and inconceivable nincompoopery The Hightower Lowdown

Example Sentences

The people running that company are a bunch of nincompoops! quit acting like a nincompoop, because I know you are smarter than that
Recent Examples on the Web Joshua Echebiri, as a nincompoop of a Slender; David Ryan Smith, playing the simperingly pretentious Doctor Caius; Angela Grovey, sympathetically devious as Mama Quickly and Kyle Scatliffe, as a gallant Mister Page. Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2021 Occam's Razor cuts through the noise to suggest Americans aren't through electing a reprobate, a criminal and an utter nincompoop. Arkansas Online, 23 June 2021 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, 2 Oct. 2018 Faith’s decidedly pink-collar job is threatened by a nincompoop former prep-school football-star boss. The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2017

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

circa 1668, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nincompoop was circa 1668
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