dimwit
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“Amadeus” serves Joseph no better than it does Salieri, portraying the ruler as a dithering dimwit.
From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019
He can do anything, play anybody: a dimwit New York bartender, a Russian copper, a cruel, atavistic London gangster.
From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2017
To which a dimwit pirate replies: “At the tip of your finger?”
From Washington Post • May 25, 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
Not only was he a dimwit, he was vulnerable.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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