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say it: id-ee-AH-tik
idiotic is an adjective meaning "insanely irresponsible". It is pronounced /ˌɪdiˈɑtɪk/ — id-ee-AH-tik. It carries 3 recorded senses.
so unreasonable as to invite derision
“the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework”
“that's a cockeyed idea”
“ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer”
“a contribution so small as to be laughable”
“it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion”
“a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history”
“her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for idiotic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.