slow-witted
Example Sentences
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The old car’s touch-screen user interface was underpowered, slow-witted and limited.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025
Of the two it is understood that Robert Zemeckis’ slow-witted hero launched him to icon status.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2024
Pat O’Connor, a publisher who worked with Jones, told the newspaper that Jones had a “low tolerance” for slow-witted and pretentious people.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024
What’s strange is that its M.V.P. is neither of the leads but rather Barry Keoghan, as the slow-witted neighborhood boy Dominic, who steals every scene he’s in.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022
He cocks his head like an elderly, slow-witted king, considers the angles, decides to ignore me.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
