noun
- foolish or stupid people
Usage: informal; plural of nincompoop
Examples
- Those nincompoops forgot to bring the keys again.
- The teacher was frustrated with the nincompoops who didn’t study for the test.
- Don’t listen to those nincompoops; they don’t know what they’re talking about.
- The nincompoops in the front office mixed up all the appointments.
- She called her brothers nincompoops after they broke the vase.
- The movie portrayed the villains as bumbling nincompoops.