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  • adjective Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.

Etymologies

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knucklehead +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • He was trying to form himself, and then we got kind of knuckleheaded and kind of pushed everything aside.

    Reggie White, RIP Steve Sailer 2004

  • And your problem with this is ...? it is the kind of knuckleheaded blathering you find in the American political discourse

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • This is not only an extremely nasty piece, it is the kind of knuckleheaded blathering you find in the American political discourse - coarse, ignorant, seething and disreputable.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • He added that Steele's comments were "knuckleheaded" and said, "I guess his mouth got ahead of his brain for awhile."

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • And your problem with this is ...? it is the kind of knuckleheaded blathering you find in the American political discourse

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • This is not only an extremely nasty piece, it is the kind of knuckleheaded blathering you find in the American political discourse - coarse, ignorant, seething and disreputable.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Those weren't the first times I "bowdlerized" -- some might say, butchered -- a classic text the term comes from the knuckleheaded 19th century Shakespearian censor Thomas Bowdler.

    Trey Ellis: Censoring Huck Ain't So Simple Trey Ellis 2011

  • "They can cut this off long before it becomes an epidemic, before knuckleheaded fans can feel comfortable enough to commit some similar act toward the next black players they encounter, to disrupt another game -- and to hide in the cowardly anonymity of the crowd."

    Danny Groner: What's The Lesson From The Wayne Simmonds Banana Peel Incident? Danny Groner 2011

  • Now, the census workers have to risk their lives by going door to door, and trying to help these violent knuckleheaded teabaggers.

    Think Progress » Amid Reports Of Low Republican Participation, Rove Appears In An Ad Promoting The Census 2010

  • Those weren't the first times I "bowdlerized" -- some might say, butchered -- a classic text the term comes from the knuckleheaded 19th century Shakespearian censor Thomas Bowdler.

    Trey Ellis: Censoring Huck Ain't So Simple Trey Ellis 2011

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