dull-witted
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Yet in a manner almost impossible to describe, he stood above or outside his banal and dull-witted persona.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025
That’s 218 square miles, so big that a herd of 600 elk wanders unnoticed through the rugged dreamscape like a dull-witted motorcycle gang.
From Golf Digest ● Nov. 14, 2017
Smith is also a great improbable outlaw, decent and dull-witted in the manner of the Coen brothers’ most lovable nincompoops.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2017
It’s silly to believe that Rodman, his generation’s dull-witted John Reed, hasn’t provided an impressive propaganda victory for the regime.
From Newsweek ● Sep. 10, 2013
The man pauses; his oversized head moves ponderously left, like the head of some shortsighted, dull-witted monster.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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