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- noun
stupidity
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Examples
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 All Eltro, whose dunderheadedness nearly killed the man he meant to save a dozen times over.
Hero History: Mon-El | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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With a very rich heiress fiancee, he bears hilarious tales of corporate dunderheadedness at McCann Erickson -- the clutches of which SCDP narrowly escaped in such dramatic fashion at the end of Season 3 -- and the key to big new accounts.
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Predictably, after getting all they could reasonably have desired in the Wall Street bailout, many of the super-rich are whining about Obama supposedly being "anti-business," complaining like spoiled children that they're being singled out for their dunderheadedness and greed.
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Predictably, after getting all they could reasonably have desired in the Wall Street bailout, many of the super-rich are whining about Obama supposedly being "anti-business," complaining like spoiled children that they're being singled out for their dunderheadedness and greed.
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With a very rich heiress fiancee, he bears hilarious tales of corporate dunderheadedness at McCann Erickson -- the clutches of which SCDP narrowly escaped in such dramatic fashion at the end of Season 3 -- and the key to big new accounts.
William Bradley: Mad Men Review: "The Rejected" Is a Routine Episode, But Betty Draper Has Joined The X-Men! William Bradley 2010
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Predictably, after getting all they could reasonably have desired in the Wall Street bailout, many of the super-rich are whining about Obama supposedly being "anti-business," complaining like spoiled children that they're being singled out for their dunderheadedness and greed.
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With a very rich heiress fiancee, he bears hilarious tales of corporate dunderheadedness at McCann Erickson -- the clutches of which SCDP narrowly escaped in such dramatic fashion at the end of Season 3 -- and the key to big new accounts.
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Predictably, after getting all they could reasonably have desired in the Wall Street bailout, many of the super-rich are whining about Obama supposedly being "anti-business," complaining like spoiled children that they're being singled out for their dunderheadedness and greed.
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On another only slightly related topic, how about the sheer dunderheadedness of all those boobs who would stall any climate change initiatives, decry health care for all, defend the right to carry concealed weapons in churches, schools, bars, etc?
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It is hoped this tiresome dunderheadedness was overcome once and for all not only by Field's victory, but by the triumphant appearances on the Emmy stage last night of the delightfully dignified Helen Mirren as both winner (for Prime Suspect: The Final Act) and presenter, not to mention Kyra Sedgwick, Glenn Close of Damages and Mary-Louise Parker of Weeds as a sexy and commanding trio of presenters.
oroboros commented on the word dunderheadedness
According to Chris Cole in Wordplay, the uncommon word containing the most repeats of the letter 'd'.
June 1, 2008
mollusque commented on the word dunderheadedness
What about fuddyduddy? It's not always hyphenated.
June 1, 2008