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oafishness - definition and meaning
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noun
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noun oafish
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Examples
One character’s descent into madness seems rushed and over the top, and another character’s oafishness is exaggerated at times to the point of annoyance.
Seth Pfefferle’s Stickman « Skulls in the Stars 2008
This country has descended into the depths of "oafishness " at best and total lunacy at worst.
Dodd released from hospital after surgery 2009
In one amusing section, a brassy saleswoman on a TV commercial hawks an electronic device that allows women to detect oafishness in a potential partner before a first date.
Theater review of 'Como Evitar Enamorarse del Hombre Equivocado': Watch out, men 2011
An equally (if not more so) despicable person, but whose lumbering oafishness led to moments of pure comedy.
All the mad men and all the mad women can't tell a joke to save their lives 2009
Brownstein adds to callous Snelgrave the proper dashes of entitlement and oafishness .
Theater review: Forum Theatre's dismal 'One Flea Spare' 2011
Each of them came to me to complain about the other, to say that he/she was messing up fragile negotiations, butting in where he/she did not belong, and offending with his/her oafishness and insensitivity all sorts of important people.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
Each of them came to me to complain about the other, to say that he/she was messing up fragile negotiations, butting in where he/she did not belong, and offending with his/her oafishness and insensitivity all sorts of important people.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
Each of them came to me to complain about the other, to say that he/she was messing up fragile negotiations, butting in where he/she did not belong, and offending with his/her oafishness and insensitivity all sorts of important people.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
It's a whole new realm of Internet oafishness to be doing what some people have decided to spend their time doing over this past week.
Sometimes the news is fortunate kradical 2007
Take heart, and don't let Snuffles's needling or Deej's oafishness upset you.
Christmas Update 2007
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