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boneheaded

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boneheaded

Dumb, stupid, or obstinate. Looks like I'm pulling on a door that's clearly marked "push"—what a boneheaded thing to do! A: "I can't believe you put a pizza in the oven for 30 minutes without first turning it on." B: "Yeah, that was pretty boneheaded of me." Well, that was boneheaded—I went all the way down to that restaurant, only to be reminded that they are closed on Mondays.
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boneheaded

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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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References in periodicals archive
This is a story of how a boneheaded, albeit well-intentioned, PR decision destroyed years of image building in one fell swoop.
And then, there's still the complete reliance on plastic which just appears to be a boneheaded design decision considering the fact that the loudest complaints against the Galaxy S3 and the S4 was the use of plastic when other flagships were going for more premium materials like aluminium and carbon fiber.
That boneheaded tabloid headline of a name means the show almost defies serious consideration and intelligent debate before you even watch it.
My friends, global warming has come to Wales and will get worse unless those boneheaded politicians who are sceptical like your correspondents, face the reality of climate change.
And I now the IRS has pulled some boneheaded shenanigans that undermine its credibility when its budget really should be doubled to try to catch all the cheats and reduce the deficit.
"By lopping off the heads of two guys who made boneheaded moves," says Rocco Pendola at The Street, "including one who was gunning for his job, Cook showed the world who's boss." 4.
A Republican congressional aide said Romney's remarks were "completely boneheaded" and could hurt his appeal among undecided voters.
A Kansas legislature, especially lately, doing something so boneheaded it shows up on The Daily Show before the ink is dry has just become our default setting lately.
"We made some plays at big times, but we also made some boneheaded plays," UO coach Mike White said.
For the past half-century, we have focused our environmental efforts on reducing the adverse effects of our activities: abating serious pollution, recycling some used products, correcting the most boneheaded resource and energy inefficiencies, and setting aside a few wildish places as relic samples of what has otherwise been lost.
Neither I nor Surefire will take pity on you were you to do something so boneheaded.
Nothing new, though, about a US president's boneheaded beliefs bringing avoidable calamity.
Los Angeles Times columnist Patrick Goldstein criticized the decision calling it a 'boneheaded move'.
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