witless
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It fails because it’s obvious, witless and dull.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Harry Brook's dance, swipe and miss at Mitchell Starc from his first ball seemed witless in the moment, yet it was Brook's audacity that kept England from a complete implosion.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025
His denouement arrives when he accidentally tells his audience over a hot mic that they’re a bunch of witless, contemptible rubes; they turn on him and his popularity evaporates.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024
What’s most troubling about this witless mishmash of whiny, infantile philosophizing and bone-crunching violence is the increasing realization that it actually thinks it’s saying something of significance.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2023
We didn’t feel it—we were just startled witless by the bang.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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