nincompoop
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈnɪn.kəm.puːp/
- Offensive
- Everyone laughed when he tripped on stage; he felt like such a nincompoop.
- a bunch of nincompoops
- call him a nincompoop
- total nincompoops
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Examples
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We follow not style manuals written by nincompoops but established usage and custom.
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You are a nincompoop!
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Last one in is a nincompoop.
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"No one wants to look like a nincompoop on Nov. 7."
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Well, it is a lamp, you nincompoop.
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Don't stand there like a nincompoop!
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How this same bunch of incompetent nincompoops ran the country from 2000 to 2008.
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You highfalutin nincompoop.
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You might think that would be hot stuff in Butte, but we weren't nincompoops.
Fiction book (1990) -
The right should be able to win with, or at least compete with, nincompoops like Akin and O'Donnell.
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Synonyms
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9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
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8.2
A person who acts in a stupid or foolish way
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8.1
A person who behaves in a foolish way
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7.9
A person who acts silly and not very smart
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8.7
A person who makes silly mistakes
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8.8
A person who is silly and not very smart
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8.4
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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6.8
A person who is not very smart and often acts without thinking
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9.2
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
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9.7
A person who is not very smart
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9.1
A person who is silly and acts foolishly
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8.9
A person who is very stupid
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9.9
Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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9.9
A person who acts foolishly or oddly
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9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
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9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
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9.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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9.9
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
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9.9
A person who is foolish or silly and makes simple mistakes
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8.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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8.9
A person who is silly and often forgets things
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9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
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8.4
A person who behaves in a foolish or silly way
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8.4
A rude word for someone who is not smart
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9.9
A person who is foolish and easily tricked
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9.9
A person who is silly and not very clever
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9.9
A person who acts foolishly and lacks common sense
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9.9
A foolish or silly person said as an insult
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9.9
A person who behaves in a silly way
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9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
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9.9
An old word for a person who is foolish or slow to understand
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9.9
A person who behaves in a silly way
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9.9
A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes
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9.9
A person who acts silly so others tease or laugh at them
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9.9
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
A person who says or does silly things
A person who acts very foolishly and cannot do simple tasks
A rude person who annoys or hurts other people
A very foolish person who is bad at doing things
A foolish person who does silly things
A person who acts silly or foolish
A person who acts foolishly because of new trends or technology
A person who is not very smart
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Nincompoop is a playful old word for someone who is silly or foolish. One popular way to remember it is to link it to the Latin phrase non compos mentis, which means 'not of sound mind', because the sounds are a little similar, so a nincompoop is someone who seems to be acting without sense.