stupidness
Lack of sense
Stupidness is the quality of being stupid—a lack of intelligence or good judgment.
The word is less common than stupidity and sounds slightly childish or informal by comparison: The sheer stupidness of the plan amazed everyone.
Both words mean the same thing, but stupidity is the standard choice in formal contexts.
Wildly illogical quality
- sillinessFrivolous, absurd behavior
- idiocyExtreme mental deficiency
- inanityPointless, shallow foolishness
- senselessnessAbsence of reason or purpose
ridiculousness · asininity · witlessness · fatuousness · preposterousness · ludicrousness · doltishness · nonsensicalness
Mishandling through incompetence
- ineptitudeLack of ability
- botchingDoing something poorly
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
mishandling · incompetence · maladroitness · ham-fistedness · bumbling · blundering · floundering · awkwardness
State of not knowing
- cluelessnessLack of awareness or understanding
- obliviousnessLack of awareness
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
- benightednessState of profound unawareness
unenlightenment · nescience · denseness · incomprehension · blindness · vacuity · empty-headedness
Ease of being deceived
- credulousnessReadiness to accept claims
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- unsophisticationLack of worldly experience
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
unworldliness · ingenuousness · simplemindedness · callowness · greenness · impressionability · artlessness · childishness
absurdity
Wildly illogical quality
- sillinessFrivolous, absurd behavior
- idiocyExtreme mental deficiency
- inanityPointless, shallow foolishness
senselessness · ridiculousness · asininity · witlessness · fatuousness · preposterousness · ludicrousness · doltishness · nonsensicalness · brainlessness
bungling
Mishandling through incompetence
- ineptitudeLack of ability
- botchingDoing something poorly
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
clumsiness · mishandling · incompetence · maladroitness · ham-fistedness · bumbling · blundering · floundering · awkwardness · gracelessness
unawareness
State of not knowing
- cluelessnessLack of awareness or understanding
- obliviousnessLack of awareness
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
benightedness · unenlightenment · nescience · denseness · incomprehension · blindness · vacuity · empty-headedness
gullibility
Ease of being deceived
- credulousnessReadiness to accept claims
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- unsophisticationLack of worldly experience
innocence · unworldliness · ingenuousness · simplemindedness · callowness · greenness · impressionability · artlessness · childishness
stupidnessintelligence
Mental ability, cognitive capacity
smartness · cleverness · brilliance · braininess · brightness
stupidnessrationality
Sound judgment quality
reasonableness · soundness · sensibleness · rationalness · validity
stupid, stupidity, stupidly, stupor, stupendous, stupefied, stupefy, stupidest, stupefying