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- adjective
superlative form ofdim : mostdim .
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Examples
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… I have went to a couple of teabagger events here in Washington to see what these morons are up to, and believe me they are the dimmest bulbs in the country.
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There is always a plenitude of star gazing enthusiasts around the world who direct their telescopes toward glistening worlds of hope that hang in the dimmest chasms of an enigmatic universe.
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Even the dimmest terrorist must by now be saying, “Hey, those drones the U.S. could come in handy in our line ofwork.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare in House Subcommittee Hearing 2010
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From Albany to Athens, all but the dimmest observers now recognize that the model we've been following has run aground—morally, socially and fiscally.
After the Welfare State William McGurn 2011
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Chris Green says: orca: Even the dimmest terrorist must by now be saying, “Hey, those drones the U.S. could come in handy in our line ofwork.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare in House Subcommittee Hearing 2010
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By now, even the dimmest of Muggles knows that the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a smashing success.
Butterbeer: How The Harry Potter Beverage Was Made Real 2011
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Had Muse pled not guilty, it would have been the first piracy trial on American soil since 1826, sending scores of harassed law clerks into the dimmest, darkest recesses of Admiralty law.
D.R. Burgess: Somali Piracy: Send in the Marines...Then the Lawyers D.R. Burgess 2011
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Had Muse pled not guilty, it would have been the first piracy trial on American soil since 1826, sending scores of harassed law clerks into the dimmest, darkest recesses of Admiralty law.
D.R. Burgess: Somali Piracy: Send in the Marines...Then the Lawyers D.R. Burgess 2011
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Second, the tautology that money is spent or saved demonstrates that you think that your mastery of the basics of money handling, at a level familiar to even the dimmest of five-year-old children, makes you some kind of expert.
Matthew Yglesias » Is VAT an Idea Whose Time Has Passed? 2010
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The dimmest among us should not be leading the way.
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