Numpty (noun)
nump-tee
A stupid or ineffectual person: Someone who (sometimes unwittingly) by speech or action demonstrates a lack of knowledge or misconception of a particular subject or situation to the amusement of others.
1980s: of Scottish origin, perhaps an alteration of numbskull, with the ending remodelled on the pattern of Humpty Dumpty.
Example sentences
“And they wonder why everyone thinks politicians are such numpties?”
“For a few minutes I felt like a complete numpty, then I got into it.”
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