Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Dull-witted; stupid.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective stupid and confused
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Examples
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She mentions the case of the four addle-brained arses who tried to win the legal right to burn library books they personally deemed offensive.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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It may shock fans of Anna Nicole Smith, but the only people comparing her to Marilyn Monroe were addle-brained entertainment reporters and obsessed bloggers.
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There are still more addle-brained softballs to come:
Larry Womack: Chronicle 's Boxer 'Endorsement' Reasserts Its Irrelevance Larry Womack 2010
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It may shock fans of Anna Nicole Smith, but the only people comparing her to Marilyn Monroe were addle-brained entertainment reporters and obsessed bloggers.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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And so the ill-fated addle-brained Harmons end up quasi-happily ever after in the hereafter.
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There are still more addle-brained softballs to come:
Larry Womack: Chronicle 's Boxer 'Endorsement' Reasserts Its Irrelevance Larry Womack 2010
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Before you think yer new mother is addle-brained, rest assured I do it only because it makes me feel as if I still have him to talk to.
Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011
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Before you think yer new mother is addle-brained, rest assured I do it only because it makes me feel as if I still have him to talk to.
Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011
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There are still more addle-brained softballs to come:
Larry Womack: Chronicle's Boxer 'Endorsement' Reasserts Its Irrelevance Larry Womack 2010
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She mentions the case of the four addle-brained arses who tried to win the legal right to burn library books they personally deemed offensive.
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