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[dim-wit] / ˈdɪmˌwɪt /


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She had a Twitter tiff with the former president’s son last September; after Donald Trump Jr. made an online comment about Navarro’s weight, she called him a dimwit.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2022

“Amadeus” serves Joseph no better than it does Salieri, portraying the ruler as a dithering dimwit.

From The New Yorker May 27, 2019

He can do anything, play anybody: a dimwit New York bartender, a Russian copper, a cruel, atavistic London gangster.

From The Guardian Jun. 8, 2017

To which a dimwit pirate replies: “At the tip of your finger?”

From Washington Post May 25, 2017

The tears starts fighting their way back in my eyes, but I wasn’t ’bout to let the dimwit and them other men see me cry.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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