numskull

Example Sentences

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It starts in 1486 with the royal committee that advised the king and queen of Spain not to fund a numskull named Christopher Columbus.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2021

I was 22, an age-appropriate numskull, spending a Christmas holiday backpacking through Greece with friends.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2020

“I would like to meet that numskull that would say that.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2018

When he appears before a Congressional committee, he never makes the mistake of making some confused legislator look like a numskull, a trick which had delighted his mercurial, more brilliant predecessor, Leon Henderson.

From Time Magazine Archive

“My exciting new career, towing numskull tourists off the bonefish flats.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen