Definitions

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  • adjective (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

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Examples

  • Or is he one of nature's unfortunates -- soft-witted?

    Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910

  • "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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