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# idiotic

«idiotic» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very stupid or silly; making no sense** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (idiotic, more idiotic, most idiotic)

### meaning for a pupil

Very stupid or silly; making no sense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idiotic/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

An informal, quite rude word for an idea, act or remark, not a polite way to describe a person. In stories characters call each other's plans idiotic when they argue, and Toad's schemes are often called idiotic by his friends.

### examples

- That was an idiotic thing to do! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idiotic/#x1)
- Jumping off the shed was an idiotic idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idiotic/#x2)
- Rat thought Toad's plan to drive again was idiotic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idiotic/#x3)
- Stop asking idiotic questions and listen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idiotic/#x4)
- The Mad Hatter gave idiotic answers to every question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idiotic/#x5)
- It's idiotic to leave the gate open with the dog in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idiotic/#x6)

### note

Adjective from «idiot». Adverb: idiotically. It can hurt feelings, so describe the action, not the person («that was a silly idea», not «you are an idiot»). The old use of «idiot» for people with learning difficulties is now offensive.

### In the corpora

- [It's enough to drive one crazy!", calls him "perfectly idiotic", and goes in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «idiotic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idiotic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.