dimwit

Example Sentences

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

From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019

Eastwood has made violent films, arty films, heartwarming films and a handful of dimwit comedies.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2017

But this book’s Raymer is enough of a dimwit that he might have presented Mr. Hoffman with quite a challenge.

From New York Times • May 4, 2016

His muse and co-writer, Amy Davis, plays a blowzy Santa Fe dimwit who gets a brain boost when she consumes a piece of contaminated pork.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2014

Not only was he a dimwit, he was vulnerable.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam