dimwit
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airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dum-dum, dumbbell, dumbhead, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mug [chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo
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Jason is no less on her level than any other dimwit human. — Laura Bradley, HWD, "How The Good Place Built Janet, TV’s Most Scene-Stealing Not-a-Robot," 4 June 2018 Last night, NBC New York's Chopper 4 was among several aircraft accosted by a laser-wielding dimwit. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "Helicopter Crew Righteously Hunts Down the Idiot Blasting Them With a Laser," 12 Nov. 2015 On the other hand, if the test subjects were convinced that only dimwits performed well on such stupid tasks, their performance tanked precipitously. — Steve Ayan, Scientific American, "10 Things You Don’t Know About Yourself," 15 May 2018 Home Alone Macaulay Culkin is forgotten by his family and forced to battle a couple of dimwit thieves (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) around Christmas in this enduring children's adventure from director Chris Columbus and writer John Hughes. — Esquire Editors, Esquire, "The 25 Best Christmas Movies," 7 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dimwit.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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