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  • adjective Not bright; of limited intellect.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ bright

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Examples

  • There are people here, on "our" side, who are unbright enough to go along, just as there are people on "our" side who willingly swallowed all the nonsense about "inventing the internet," and so on.

    Gore Tears Up Global Warming Skeptic 2009

  • After a dry boring day of teaching students to whom he must be polite no matter how poor their work is, it probably comes as a bit of light relief to lampoon the unbright types who post at TT.

    Carry-Over Thread 2007

  • This, sports fans, is what gives Christianity a bad name, when unwashed and unbright people spew condemnation at random targets, just because.

    Barack Hussein Obama is not a Muslim « Dating Jesus 2009

  • Now listen-this guard, Lefty, in addition to being kind o 'unbright, is sensitive about his appearance.

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

  • And 'tis not alway a fair face that witcheth; I have known full unbright [plain, ugly] folks that have this charm with them.

    In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • The Russian sailors look very unbright; they are not active in managing a boat.

    Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley Yeardley, John, 1786-1858 1860

  • Put those two points together and the conclusion is that for many bright and ambitious people, college is an expensive waste of time that delays their entry into business or professional success, and for many of the unbright and unambitious, college is an expensive waste of time that won't get them near the path to success. debate partner) Rich Vedder to show that a college degree is a poor investment for many young people.

    National Review Online 2010

  • Put those two points together and the conclusion is that for many bright and ambitious people, college is an expensive waste of time that delays their entry into business or professional success, and for many of the unbright and unambitious, college is an expensive waste of time that won't get them near the path to success. debate partner) Rich Vedder to show that a college degree is a poor investment for many young people.

    Phi Beta Cons on National Review Online 2010

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