Meaning & use
Imbecility
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Extreme foolishness or stupidity; a foolish act or remark.
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The plan's imbecility became obvious the moment it was put into action.
He was embarrassed by his own imbecility after sending the email to the wrong client.
A note on using this word
Imbecility was once a formal clinical term for a degree of intellectual disability; it has since become an everyday, though rather harsh, word for foolishness.
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