dimwit
Example Sentences
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Socrates-Plato-Xenophon: Remarkably, one of these chaps was the dimwit of the group.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2019
“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
She flirts with him; and the dimwit is smitten.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2015
Why, if I had a penny for each person what axed me if you was a dimwit, I’d be rich as George Washington!
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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