numbskull

Example Sentences

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As an economics numbskull, I would plump for the latter.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2015

A guy from the numbskull village of Abdera sees a eunuch talking to a woman and asks another guy if she's the eunuch's wife.

From Scientific American • Sep. 25, 2014

I recall a rogue camera placed directly in my face for about half the concert… hopefully that numbskull doesn’t get any footage in the final version.

From Forbes • Jul. 21, 2013

If this account shows us the real Kim, then her image as a clothes- and attention-obsessed numbskull is fully earned.

From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2013

“No one would believe a little numbskull like you could do it! This gold is mine!”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff