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stupid in English:

1. clever clever


Even if it isn't true, it's still rather clever.
"We are dealing with a clever man, Watson," said Sherlock Holmes.
You're clever.
Generally speaking, the young people of today are clever.
Clever people know how to make money out of nothing.
I think that against somebody like that, my seemingly clever techniques would be seen through and then I would be defeated.
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand.
Clever programming requires a computer.
You may think you are clever, but you cannot laugh at me because of that.
We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy — at least until we have become as clever as they are.
A clever solution for a child who fears monsters would be to tell them monsters are weak and fear children even more.
I’d like to be a doctor but I’m not clever enough.
Japanese women are believed to be very clever with their hands.
I am clever, sensitive and imaginative.
The people of old were simple through honesty; the people of today are clever through artificiality.

English word "stupid"(clever) occurs in sets:

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2. dumb dumb


He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.
The world is full of dumb people.
I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.
The definition of dumb is unable to speak or someone or something that appears stupid.
act dumb
The dumber the white man is, the more the black man looks dumb to him.
Dumb as a block of wood.
My poor dumb friend died this morning.
Light cares speak, great ones are dumb.
You gave him your phone number? That was a dumb thing to do.
All blonde women are dumb.
There was a fellow there who was Japanese and who was deaf and dumb and he could write I mean fluently.
Neil and Alice discuss TV chat show hosts, Greek philosophers and whether asking dumb questions is a good idea or not
Are computers making us dumb?
How dumb do you think it would be to break into a prison or steal a police car?

English word "stupid"(dumb) occurs in sets:

Loic 15th Jan 2022 (70 min)