Sentence correction: I feel sad that we have a stupid in our family member

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Dear English gurus,

Recently one of my family member did a stupid thing and I want to express my idea as follows:

"I feel sad that we have a stupid in our family member.", I feel sad that we have a stupid among our family members." or "I feel sad that we have a stupid in our family chain."

Please help me select which one is appropriate or proofread my sentence to make it sensible.

Regards,

Alex

[Alan]

Hi,

You can't really use 'stupid' on its own and make it into a noun. It has to be a stupid person/man/boy/child and so on. Perhaps you could use 'fool'.

Alan
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[Molly]

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Dear Alan,

Thanks for your help but which sentence do you think is correct in my earlier post?

[Alan]

Acceptable except for 'stupid' on its own and if you say simply 'in our family' on its own.

Alan
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