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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Deficient in intelligence. No longer in scientific use.
  • adjective Exhibiting a marked lack of intelligent consideration and forethought.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Weak in mind.
  • Lacking intelligence; idiotic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; lacking intelligence; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective retarded in intellectual development

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