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half-witted

[haf-wit-id, hahf-] / ˈhæfˈwɪt ɪd, ˈhɑf- /


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Blogger Kevin Drum calls it “the latest half-witted workplace meme.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2022

She is shrewd enough to wheel and deal with half-witted intelligence officers but otherwise seems unexceptional.

From The New Yorker Sep. 5, 2018

About three months ago, I noticed amongst the prisoners who took exercise with me a young man who seemed to me to be silly or half-witted.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2018

One day he was wandering across the desert and, like a half-witted Bugsy Siegel, stumbled upon Las Vegas.

From Washington Post May 15, 2016

Her mind was so nimble and she was so quick to learn that her ability should have been obvious even to the most half-witted of parents.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl




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