dimwit

Example Sentences

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She had a Twitter tiff with the former president’s son last September; after Donald Trump Jr. made an online comment about Navarro’s weight, she called him a dimwit.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2022

“Amadeus” serves Joseph no better than it does Salieri, portraying the ruler as a dithering dimwit.

From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019

Eastwood has made violent films, arty films, heartwarming films and a handful of dimwit comedies.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2017

The brothers had a well-defined musical-comedy stage act in which Tom, on guitar, played a dimwit, and Dick, on bass, was the straight man.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2017

Sometimes he found me alone; when he did not he would sit stiffly in my desk chair and pretend, Henrylike, to examine my Greek books until even dimwit Tracy got the hint and left.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt