dumbness
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈdʌm.nəs/
- Offensive
:
estupidez
- His dumbness in solving the problem made it clear he needed additional help.
But but, you know, I just think that it started out as a joke and then evolved into actual certified dumbness.
- But but, you know, I just think that it started out as a joke and then evolved into actual certified dumbness.
- So a sure sign of dumbness is exploding pockets.
- She was, she was the John the Baptist for his bringing dumbness to that level where it's actually applauded.
- And then you elucidate the full complexity and the beauty of the dumbness.
Examples
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By dumbness, she meant everything dumbness has always meant: silence and stupidity.
Fiction book (1990) -
You can thank Congress in the late 1970s for that particular dumbness.
Blog text (10) -
Well, that should win some sort of medal for dumbness.
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It was irritating, his dumbness.
Fiction book (1992) -
In these stories, as in life, dumbness often has roots in deafness, while true speech requires attentive listening.
Academic text (2008) -
The comedian often joked about his own dumbness when it came to math.
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Many of their decisions reflected a level of dumbness that was hard to understand.
Synonyms
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2.5
Not being smart or having good judgment
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2.7
A lack of good sense or careful thought that causes bad choices
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8.0
Very stupid or foolish behaviour often seen as offensive
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8.1
Being slow to understand or notice things
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4.3
A condition when a person's ability to think and learn develops less quickly than usual
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3.8
Slow thinking and trouble understanding new things
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7.7
Not able to understand things quickly
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9.2
Being slow to understand things and often acting in a silly way
A quality of being slow to understand and making simple mistakes
A state when someone is slow to understand things
Low mental ability to think clearly or learn
A lack of cleverness or quick thinking
The state of being very foolish in a stubborn way
Antonyms
How Intelligent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dumbness comes from the old word dumb, which meant 'silent' or 'unable to speak'; over time people also used dumb to mean 'not knowing' or 'slow', so dumbness can mean a lack of intelligence.