nitwit

Example Sentences

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And I became a gunslinging nitwit in what was the last really crazy, silly stock market before the internet era.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

“Some nitwit wants to know what I think of Cameroon going into the Southeastern Conference.”

From Golf Digest • Apr. 28, 2020

If KD wants to get into a back-and-forth with each nitwit, he’s free to do so.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2017

You know who comes up with these nitwit ideas to rob you of your cash?

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2016

Then he shrugged as if he were saying, “What can you do with a nitwit like that?”

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz