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dull-witted

adjective as in half-witted

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Others, like Logan Roy’s on “Succession,” lay bare their parental arrogance through the actions of his dull-witted children.

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There's no electoral value in acceding to this pressure to get rid of your piercings, pretend that "YMCA" is not a gay song and get married to a dull-witted former high school bully who won't let you play Chappell Roan.

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John Hawkes is a character actor ringer for any TV show or movie, and it’s exciting to see him cast here against type as a flawed, lonely, seemingly dull-witted cop with a mail-order fiancée en route from Vladivostok.

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What’s failing us, and failing the world, are the dull-witted politicians we send to Congress and state houses who try to push their religious views on the entire country and embrace a ruthless, predatory, unthinking capitalism, that lowers nearly everyone’s standard of living but elevates a tiny minority to incalculable and unhealthy levels of wealth.

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Indeed, the sixth season amplifies Inaros' despotic, abusive nature and the way he twists his son's psyche.The same dynamics play into the relationship between the 45th president and his inept, dull-witted children.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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