Stupidity — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

a stupid mistake

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stuːpˈɪdᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/stjuːpˈɪdɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stjuːpˈɪdɪti/

4 syllables Say it as /stuːpˈɪdᵻɾi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

imbecility betise foolishness folly

Antonyms

intelligence

Word Forms

stupid

adjective

lacking intelligence

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Dummheit

eine schlechte Fähigkeit, Erfahrungen zu verstehen oder daraus Nutzen zu ziehen

🇫🇷French

stupidité

une faible capacité à comprendre ou à profiter de l’expérience

🇪🇸Spanish

estupidez

Poca capacidad para comprender o aprovechar la experiencia.

🇮🇹Italian

stupidità

una scarsa capacità di comprendere o di trarre profitto dall’esperienza

🇳🇱Dutch

domheid

een slecht vermogen om ervaringen te begrijpen of ervan te profiteren

🇵🇹Portuguese

estupidez

uma fraca capacidade de compreender ou lucrar com a experiência

🇷🇺Russian

глупость

плохая способность понимать или извлекать пользу из опыта

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मूर्खता

समझने या अनुभव से लाभ उठाने की कमज़ोर क्षमता

🇧🇩Bengali

মূর্খতা

বুঝতে বা অভিজ্ঞতা থেকে লাভ করার একটি দুর্বল ক্ষমতা

🇮🇳Tamil

முட்டாள்தனம்

புரிந்து கொள்ள அல்லது அனுபவத்திலிருந்து லாபம் பெறுவதற்கான மோசமான திறன்

🇮🇳Telugu

మూర్ఖత్వం

అర్థం చేసుకోవడానికి లేదా అనుభవం నుండి లాభం పొందే బలహీనమైన సామర్థ్యం

🇮🇳Marathi

मूर्खपणा

समजण्याची किंवा अनुभवातून नफा मिळविण्याची कमकुवत क्षमता

🇮🇳Gujarati

મૂર્ખતા

સમજવાની અથવા અનુભવમાંથી નફો મેળવવાની નબળી ક્ષમતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೂರ್ಖತನ

ಅರ್ಥಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಅಥವಾ ಅನುಭವದಿಂದ ಲಾಭ ಪಡೆಯುವ ಕಳಪೆ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മണ്ടത്തരം

അനുഭവത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മനസ്സിലാക്കാനോ ലാഭം നേടാനോ ഉള്ള മോശം കഴിവ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੂਰਖਤਾ

ਸਮਝਣ ਜਾਂ ਤਜ਼ਰਬੇ ਤੋਂ ਲਾਭ ਲੈਣ ਦੀ ਮਾੜੀ ਯੋਗਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

حماقت

سمجھنے یا تجربے سے فائدہ اٹھانے کی ناقص صلاحیت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

愚蠢

理解或从经验中获益的能力较差

🇯🇵Japanese

愚かさ

理解する能力や経験から利益を得る能力が低い

🇰🇷Korean

우둔

경험을 이해하거나 경험으로부터 이익을 얻는 능력이 부족합니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự ngu xuẩn

khả năng hiểu kém hoặc thu lợi từ kinh nghiệm

🇹🇭Thai

ความโง่เขลา

ความสามารถที่ไม่ดีในการเข้าใจหรือได้รับผลกำไรจากประสบการณ์

🇮🇩Indonesian

kebodohan

kemampuan yang buruk untuk memahami atau mengambil keuntungan dari pengalaman

🇵🇭Filipino

katangahan

isang mahinang kakayahang umunawa o kumita mula sa karanasan

🇲🇾Malay

kebodohan

keupayaan yang lemah untuk memahami atau mendapat keuntungan daripada pengalaman

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غباء

ضعف القدرة على الفهم أو الاستفادة من الخبرة

🇮🇷Persian

حماقت

توانایی ضعیف در درک یا کسب سود از تجربه

🇹🇷Turkish

aptallık

Deneyimi anlama veya deneyimden yararlanma konusunda zayıf bir yetenek

🇮🇱Hebrew

טִפּשׁוּת

יכולת ירודה להבין או להרוויח מניסיון

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