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Meanings of sheer stupidity in English

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Usage of sheer stupidity in English
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She had invented her story out of sheer stupidity and cruelty.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
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Whether her silence meant indifference or sheer stupidity he was never quite sure.
The Hippodrome
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I only realised 10 days later the sheer stupidity of what I'd done.
The Guardian
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But to fling them uselessly away-why ,thatis sheer stupidity!
The Talking Beasts: A Book of Fable Wisdom
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You are dragging at a load of sheer stupidity.
The Great Hunger
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Chief Crown prosecutor Gavin Silbert, SC, said the sheer stupidity of videoing some aspects .
Reuters
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It was sheer stupidity for the other captain to try and mark down a sixty-four.
Success to the Brave
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It was sheer stupidity, since nothing could have been more merciful than to lose this reality.
Badge of Infamy
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As Irishmen ourselves, we are astonished at this breathtaking act of arrogance, parochialism and sheer stupidity.
The Irish Times
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But some of the things done by prison authorities are apparently due to sheer stupidity and ignorance.
The Subterranean Brotherhood
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Some people are Freethinkers from sheer stupidity.
Original Short Stories — Volume 06
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Not to counsel with your wife on business matters that affect your mutual fortune is sheer stupidity.
The Young Man and the World
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The mischievous, half-witted creature-insheer stupidity or in downright malice, I am not sure which-irritatedhim once more.
The Law and the Lady
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I wonder what my parents' generation would have made of the sheer stupidity of 100 per cent mortgages?
The Irish Times
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Is it possible, Michael thought, that his brother won the Congressional Medal of Honor out of sheer stupidity?
The Young Lions
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The other problem is sheer stupidity.
Reuters
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