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dunce

[duhns] / dʌns /


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If you do think that he could, please step forward and claim your complimentary dunce cap, and infuse it with your own naivete.

From Salon • May 5, 2023

Come December, the predictor will either be wearing a dunce cap or a genius cap.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2021

No word on whether a dunce cap has been issued.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2021

In my view, the biggest mistake scientists make is to claim that this is all somehow simple and therefore to imply that anyone who doesn't get it is a dunce.

From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2021

Then Jordan slapped the doll onto Alex’s head like a dunce cap.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers




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