half-witted
Example Sentences
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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
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