Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Stupid; having a dull wit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Stupid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a dull,
blunt wit ormind .
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Examples
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And Bush for eight years mumbled to the country like we were all as dull-witted and incurious as he was.
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He was, to me, a sort of dull-witted guy who seemed to like mostly liberal stuff a lot.
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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January 12th, 2010 at 1: 34 pm tombaker says: red states are sure to see major upticks in teen pregnancy rates, as dull-witted wingbagger families attempt to emulate the “success” of their heroine.
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A lot of the jokes move along familiar lines and stereotypes -- the dull-witted sidekick who says "duh" a lot for example -- but Stanley's talent and sense of timing make it all seem fresh and engaging.
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He was, to me, a sort of dull-witted guy who seemed to like mostly liberal stuff a lot.
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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'Errol's captivity and escape are like scenes from a dull-witted fifties "sci-fi" flick, and the characters aren't even strong cardboard.'
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I would like to believe that Ronal's opinion is an outlier, but in the informal poll I will conduct amongst dozens of people in the days to come, I will find wide support for the return of the man who took over the nation as a dull-witted, motorcycle-racing, 18-year-old.
Beverly Bell: In Haiti, "We Will Never Fall Asleep Forgetting" Beverly Bell 2011
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The only reason I can think of is to convince the dull-witted that “economics” is somehow purely mechanical and subject to manipulation by totalist maniacs and does not concern living and breathing free human beings with a natural right to their own life. rapier says:
Matthew Yglesias » A Crisis of Demand, Not Productivity 2010
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And even one who had been left feeling as dull-witted as myself could see it within a week of our arrival home.
The Juniper Days - Part I Alison Earls 2011
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I love thunderstorms, but the lowering pressure always affects me disproportionately, and I felt sluggish and headachy and dull-witted.
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