dullard
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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
Our mistake in viewing Greg as an adorable dullard eager to play "boar on the floor" is in neglecting to see that he's been grasping for money and power all this time.
From Salon • May 15, 2023
Burwell focused on Farrell’s character, Pádraic, a farmer characterized by his friend as a dullard.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022
"Brother to Lord Tywin's late wife, so twice related. An old man and a bit of a dullard, but he has a son, Ser Daven, who is more formidable."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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