dullard
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Epstein said that his "closest friend for 10 years" had a great mind for real estate, but was otherwise a complete dullard.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2024
Mortensen, as a bereaved sheriff named Holger Olsen, appears skeptical when a town dullard stands accused of six murders and apparently claimed not to remember any of them.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
It's a world, for the most part, beyond the grasp of dullard officials.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2023
Burwell focused on Farrell’s character, Pádraic, a farmer characterized by his friend as a dullard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
"Her Grace does not wish to be disturbed," Ser Mandon repeated slowly, as if Tyrion were a dullard who had not heard him the first time.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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