Definitions
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- adjective (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
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Examples
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Or is he one of nature's unfortunates -- soft-witted?
Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910
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"Some soft-witted fools may like to throw away three hundred pounds on a bit of paintwork; can't say as I envy them their taste.
The Toys of Peace, and other papers 1870-1916 Saki 1893
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