unintellectual

Examples

• All

• This is totally unintellectual, but I thought this would be a proper place to ask: I'm visiting a friend/fellow English major this weekend who finds Twilight as amusing and horrible as I do.

  Blog text (9)

• Despite her enduring refusal to theorize or to inflate her role as poet, Champourcn clearly challenged the notion of woman as unconscious, unintellectual, and unsophisticated writer.

  Academic text (2001)

• "Now, I may check back because I think this is the easiest unintellectual thing."

  Blog text (9)

• Now can you please yell at Dan some, he is kind of unintellectual?

  Blog text (5)

• Grats on proving the unintellectual American stereotype.

  Blog text (21)

• While this blog is indeed about unintellectual property, and thus items held not to be a trade secret, the identification of those converse items that may qualify for trade secret protection is instructive here.

  Blog text (14)

• Now, I may check back because I think this is the easiest unintellectual bunch of little kids I've had the pleasure to laugh at, and because I may yet do a great job of distracting you from commenting about him and putting the focus on me instead.

  Blog text (9)

• Scientists, being intellectuals, often experience intense dislikes for unintellectual people, not only because of the latter's slow-moving and limited talk, but also because of the nonintellectual's craving for physical enjoyments.

  Academic text (2004)

• Whitman was a pantheist; but his pantheism, unlike that of Spinoza, was unintellectual, lazy, and self-indulgent" (ibid., 203).

  Academic text (1991)

• He found it hard to connect with his unintellectual friends who preferred watching reality TV over reading books.

Synonyms

U

uninterested

vsunintellectual

20 3.5

Not wanting to know about or take part in something

focuses specifically on lack of interest or respect for intellectual activities

I

insular

vsunintellectual

14 8.1

Not open to new ideas and people from outside a small community

is about social or cultural narrowness while the main term covers ability and disrespect

I

incurious

vsunintellectual

2 8.1

Not wanting to learn about new things

also signals low ability or disrespect toward intellectual pursuits

U

uncurious

vsunintellectual

1 6.6

Not interested in learning new things

also implies little ability or respect for intellectual activities beyond curiosity

U

unreceptive

vsunintellectual

1 6.3

Not willing to listen to or accept new ideas

describes passive lack of interest or respect rather than active refusal to hear

U

uninquisitive

vsunintellectual

8.1

Not curious about learning or asking questions

is broader, adding lack of ability or respect for intellectual matters

U

uninquiring

vsunintellectual

8.9

A person or thing that is not curious and does not ask questions

is used for the same attitude but also covers low ability or disrespect

U

unacademic

vsunintellectual

6.8

Not interested in or good at formal school study

covers intellectual attitude and ability more broadly than just academic suitability

U

unscholarly

vsunintellectual

• Formal

7.0

Not careful or serious enough for academic work

is narrower, focusing on scholarly standards rather than general intellectual attitude

U

unstudious

vsunintellectual

7.6

Not liking to study or read

focuses on study habits rather than broader intellectual respect or ability

A

anti-intellectual

vsunintellectual

8.6

Showing little interest in learning and culture

may be milder and include lack of ability or mere indifference not hostility

U

unexplorative

vsunintellectual

8.5

Not willing to try new ideas, places, or experiences

is broader, covering lack of ability or respect beyond simple reluctance to explore

N

nonintellectual

vsunintellectual

7.2

Not needing much thinking or serious ideas

applies to attitude and ability toward thinking and learning, not mere nonrelation

Antonyms

K

knowledgeable

92 4.1

A person who has learned a lot about a subject

How Intellectual

scholarly

• Formal

47 5.6

unintellectual

1 7.2

Surface Forms

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Etymology