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regress - To move backward in development or progress, often in a way that suggests deterioration or decline.

After making great strides in therapy, he seemed to regress emotionally after hearing the bad news.

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folly - An action that lacks good sense, and is foolish

Karl sat on the tree branch and began cutting it, not realizing his enormous folly that he was sitting on the wrong end of the branch.

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moron - A person who acts foolishly or shows poor judgment — someone who makes silly or careless mistakes.

He felt like a moron after locking his keys inside the car.

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nincompoop - A stupid or foolish person

Bill's doctors told him that since he was a diabetic, he was a nincompoop for eating cake.

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blather - Talk long-windedly without making very much sense

Sally would blather on about pointless topics until people just walked away from her.

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dunce - A derogatory term used to ridicule someone who is not very clever, or who does not learn easily.

Being called the dunce of the class motivated Joe to work harder and he finished top of the class. Now sometimes he puts on a joker's costume to make fun of those who used to make fun of him.

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flakey - Unreliable or inconsistent in behavior, especially in keeping commitments.

He’s kind of flakey—he said he’d meet us, but we waited and waited, and he never showed up.

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dysfunctional - Not operating normally or properly; broken or impaired in function.

He grew up in a dysfunctional family where arguments happened daily.

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spendthrift - Someone who spends a lot of money in a way that wastes it

Arnold was a spendthrift, couldn't keep to a budget, and never seemed to have enough money.

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schnook - A person easily duped; a fool

Charlie Brown was a schnook because he never expected before it happened that Lucy would pull the football away from him every single time.

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asinine - Lacking good judgment or sense.

That was an asinine decision—why would you jump into the pool with your phone?

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farce - A deceptive action that someone tries to fool others into believing that he takes it seriously

Everyone in town knew that a bridge at the busy intersection was needed, but they felt that all the Mayor's activity about the subject was just a farce because he didn't really take the problem seriously.