Definition of "nincompoop" []

• A silly, foolish, or stupid person. (noun)

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• "And given ZANU Labour's tendency to reward disgraced Ministers with a fresh chance or three to lord it over us, we could be forgiven for thinking it won't be long before this nincompoop is ordering our lives for us once more."
• "Tulliver most justly sets down as a "nincompoop" -- is almost sillier than"
• "Hill was famed for his short fuse on the newsroom floor, and reserved his most withering insult - "nincompoop" - for those he felt had performed particularly poorly."