dunce
Example Sentences
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No word on whether a dunce cap has been issued.
From Washington Post
In my view, the biggest mistake scientists make is to claim that this is all somehow simple and therefore to imply that anyone who doesn't get it is a dunce.
From Scientific American
Demonstrators in Rome wore dunce’s caps to indicate the impact of the closures on students’ education, while in Milan pupils’ messages and placards were propped against their school rucksacks placed on the ground.
From Reuters
Shakespeare, no dunce, set his history plays among the long-gone and largely forgotten.
From New York Times
There are not enough dunces’ caps for all the covidiots out there.
From The Guardian
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