dullard
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It's a world, for the most part, beyond the grasp of dullard officials.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2023
But our mistake in viewing Greg as an adorable dullard eager to play "boar on the floor" is in neglecting to see that he's been grasping for money and power all this time.
From Salon ● May 15, 2023
Burwell focused on Farrell’s character, Pádraic, a farmer characterized by his friend as a dullard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
Neanderthals were, she writes, “not dullard losers on a withered branch of the family tree, but enormously adaptable and even successful ancient relatives”.
From Nature ● Aug. 17, 2020
"Brother to Lord Tywin's late wife, so twice related. An old man and a bit of a dullard, but he has a son, Ser Daven, who is more formidable."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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