dimwitted

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In “The Sheep Detectives,” the woolly ungulates themselves set about solving a heinous crime: gathering evidence, bringing it to light, and even drawing diagrams to point dimwitted humans in the right direction.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

He added, "but fires are mostly caused by dimwitted and careless people, and there is no way of separating them from their careful neighbours, so the ban is necessary".

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

It starred Coleman as “Buffalo Bill” Bittinger, the smarmy, arrogant, dimwitted daytime talk show host who, unhappy at being relegated to the small-time market of Buffalo, New York, takes it out on everyone around him.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

Leonardo DiCaprio has won before, and voters may not consider his turn as a dimwitted stooge in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ his best work to date.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2023

Bertha was the speedy but dimwitted ostrich who had been left at Ashton Place by a fascinating but dishonest explorer named Admiral Faucet, a friend of Lord Fredrick’s mother.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood