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half-witted

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


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"I found it amazing, literally, that people could be so half-witted as to share that video. I don't suppose these forum members have such thoughts in respect to their own family members."

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025

Is it wise to build machines that might one day become smarter than us, and then decide to dispense with their half-witted creators?

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

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

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