witlessness

Example Sentences

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The hallmark of this “Joker” is its solemn witlessness.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2019

But the rest of us are under no obligation to smile weakly at such witlessness.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2017

Which is not to say cartoons must thrive on witlessness, as gifted artists ever since Picasso and Duchamp make plain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2015

And Levy, whose The Pink Panther and Night at the Museum took mediocre hackwork to new levels of witlessness, isn't the man to change that.

From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2010

And thou, who hadst been better employed in lamenting thine own disgrace, know it is superfluity to bewail my witlessness; thou shouldst weep for the blemish in thine own mind, not for that in another's.

From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus