unintelligent
Example Sentences
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Popular culture has often depicted the dodo as clumsy and unintelligent, sometimes suggesting that its extinction was almost unavoidable.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
To be clear, this doesn’t mean coming across as unintelligent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Granted, he said his team did some “dumb” stuff and he criticized them for, “egregiously unintelligent fouls,” but his usual anger was mostly muted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
It can be easy to dismiss joining a cult as “not something I would do” or even as a downright unintelligent choice.
From Slate ● May 5, 2023
“Why? Because he’s too damn unintelligent, that’s why,” Eloise said.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
