dunderhead

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Adolf Hitler was described by a prominent magazine editor in 1930 as a "big mouth," a "half-insane rascal," a "pathetic dunderhead" and a "nowhere fool."

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2022

Paula Murrihy’s Ruggiero is the easily swayed dunderhead who is entrapped by Alcina.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2021

What if the town recognized what it had — in talent, in appealing central stars and in organizational brains — before the kind of mega-success that would convert any dunderhead?

From Washington Post • May 24, 2015

If you were lucky enough to fall in with a group like that, and if you weren't a a complete dunderhead that reflexively resisted anything new, your horizons expanded.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2010

Hermione Granger was on the edge of her seat and looked desperate to start proving that she wasn’t a dunderhead.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling