dullard

Example Sentences

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Epstein said that his "closest friend for 10 years" had a great mind for real estate, but was otherwise a complete dullard.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2024

It's a world, for the most part, beyond the grasp of dullard officials.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2023

Burwell focused on Farrell’s character, Pádraic, a farmer characterized by his friend as a dullard.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Neanderthals were, she writes, “not dullard losers on a withered branch of the family tree, but enormously adaptable and even successful ancient relatives”.

From Nature • Aug. 17, 2020

We usually think of the moon as being quite bright, especially when it is full, but the moon is a dullard compared to the earth.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins