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dull-witted

[duhl-wit-id] / ˈdʌlˈwɪt ɪd /


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Yet in a manner almost impossible to describe, he stood above or outside his banal and dull-witted persona.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025

That’s 218 square miles, so big that a herd of 600 elk wanders unnoticed through the rugged dreamscape like a dull-witted motorcycle gang.

From Golf Digest ● Nov. 14, 2017

Smith is also a great improbable outlaw, decent and dull-witted in the manner of the Coen brothers’ most lovable nincompoops.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2017

It’s silly to believe that Rodman, his generation’s dull-witted John Reed, hasn’t provided an impressive propaganda victory for the regime.

From Newsweek ● Sep. 10, 2013

He talked very slowly and sometimes had trouble finding the right word, and the first impression of him around that gay and courtly camp was that he was rather dull-witted and not much fun.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara


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