dull-witted
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Others, like Logan Roy’s on “Succession,” lay bare their parental arrogance through the actions of his dull-witted children.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2025
That’s 218 square miles, so big that a herd of 600 elk wanders unnoticed through the rugged dreamscape like a dull-witted motorcycle gang.
From Golf Digest • Nov. 14, 2017
Smith is also a great improbable outlaw, decent and dull-witted in the manner of the Coen brothers’ most lovable nincompoops.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2017
It’s silly to believe that Rodman, his generation’s dull-witted John Reed, hasn’t provided an impressive propaganda victory for the regime.
From Newsweek • Sep. 10, 2013
Trolls were abroad, no longer dull-witted, but cunning and armed with dreadful weapons.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
