Sentence examples for a dumb premise from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a dumb premise" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an idea or concept that is considered foolish or lacking in intelligence.
Example: "The movie was entertaining, but the plot was built on a dumb premise that made it hard to take seriously."
Alternatives: "a silly premise" or "a foolish premise".

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It was such a dumb premise for a show: animated hillbilly squids.

Vice

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Bob Truluck's first novel (which won him an award from the Private Eye Writers of America) turns on the dumb premise that the thieves who stole a gay man's semen from a fertility clinic in St . Paulwould impregnate a teenage girl, spirit her away to Orlando and blackmail the rich, desperate gay guy and his lover with illiterate demands for "ahunded thosan dolars".

The New York Times - Books

Just a dumb promise.

Huffington Post

He was a dumb dumb stupid dumb writer — painter!

The New Yorker

"Yes, a dumb gag.

The Guardian

Or just a dumb one.

The New Yorker

"Just do a dumb comedy".

The New Yorker

Sequestration is a dumb idea.

The New York Times

"This is a dumb idea.

The New York Times

It's a dumb decision".

The Guardian

It's a dumb question, considering that….

The New Yorker

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