nitwit
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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 might recall that Shapovalov was the nitwit who managed to get himself defaulted from Canada’s Davis Cup tie against Great Britain in February when he accidentally struck a ball at the umpire.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 2017
Then he shrugged as if he were saying, “What can you do with a nitwit like that?”
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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