variants
or less commonly dopy
dopier; dopiest
dopiness
noun
Examples of dopey in a Sentence
I'm still a little dopey from the painkillers.
After being up all night I was pretty dopey at work.
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Yes, Agathe gets caught up in a love triangle with the dopey but appealing Félix and the perma-mad but very alluring Oliver, and of course her writer’s block ebbs and flows, all of it bolstered by the positively Regency-perfect surroundings, but there’s more to it.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Fortunately, that’s no longer the case, thanks largely to the leadership of Andrew Cuomo, who did a great job except for the dopey AirTrain, which was correctly killed off by his successor.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 May 2025
This is pretty much your standard-issue focus-group scene, with dopey viewers idiotically nitpicking irrelevant details.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Cranston will also reprise his role as Hal, Malcolm's sweet, dopey dad, in the revival.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Fortunately, that’s no longer the case, thanks largely to the leadership of Andrew Cuomo, who did a great job except for the dopey AirTrain, which was correctly killed off by his successor.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 May 2025
This is pretty much your standard-issue focus-group scene, with dopey viewers idiotically nitpicking irrelevant details.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Cranston will also reprise his role as Hal, Malcolm's sweet, dopey dad, in the revival.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dopey
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“Dopey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dopey. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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