half-witted
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Blogger Kevin Drum calls it “the latest half-witted workplace meme.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
She is shrewd enough to wheel and deal with half-witted intelligence officers but otherwise seems unexceptional.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 5, 2018
Even a half-witted political memoir would grapple with such a disconnect — perhaps by acknowledging some fault in the boss, or by comparing his low points with those of other presidents.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2018
The instrument is a rod; but the result on the wretched half-witted man may be imagined.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2018
Her mind was so nimble and she was so quick to learn that her ability should have been obvious even to the most half-witted of parents.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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