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[dim-wit] / ˈdɪmˌwɪt /


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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

Socrates-Plato-Xenophon: Remarkably, one of these chaps was the dimwit of the group.

From Washington Post Aug. 25, 2019

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

From The New Yorker May 27, 2019

Mr. Leguizamo’s dimwit stance is unsustainable, in part because much of the history, despite the show’s premise, is actually quite familiar.

From New York Times Nov. 15, 2017

Petey the dimwit was one of ’em and he was holting on to the reins of a old riderless mare.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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