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unintelligence

unintelligence

8.2
Low mental ability to think clearly or learn
  • noun
  • /ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns/
translation icon : falta de inteligencia
  • Some people wrongly judge others based on perceived unintelligence rather than effort or background.

Examples

  • His repeated mistakes were blamed on his unintelligence.

  • His unintelligence during the debate was surprising.

  • The teacher tried to encourage the student rather than criticize her unintelligence.

  • The unintelligence of the decision left everyone confused.

  • Many criticized his unintelligence, but she believed everyone has strengths in different areas.

  • The manager attributed the team's failure to their collective unintelligence in planning for the project.

  • Her lack of understanding in mathematics was often labeled as unintelligence by her peers.

Synonyms

stupidity
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115 2.5

Not being smart or having good judgment

is pure lack of intelligence rather than the added idea of bad judgment
idiocy
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  • Offensive
40 8.0

Very stupid or foolish behaviour often seen as offensive

is the neutral term for lacking intelligence without extreme or offensive connotations
mental deficiency
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  • Offensive
1 8.4

Lower than usual ability to think and learn

is a general lack of intelligence, not limited to mild historical cases
dumbness
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  • Offensive
1 6.2

A state of not understanding things quickly

is the broader state of lacking intelligence, not only slowness
doltishness
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  • Offensive
1 9.2

Being slow to understand things and often acting in a silly way

is the neutral description of lacking mental ability without insult
subnormality
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  • NSFW
9.5

A condition in which a person has lower than usual thinking ability

is the general everyday term rather than a clinical label
subnormal intelligence
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  • Archaic
7.9

Thinking ability that is much lower than most people's and shown by standard tests

is the general lack of ability not tied to test scores
mental defectiveness
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  • Archaic
9.6

A condition of low ability to learn and think that starts in childhood

is about lacking intelligence without implying medical diagnosis
dimwittedness
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  • Offensive
7.7

A quality of being slow to understand and making simple mistakes

is the broader state of lacking intelligence, not just slow understanding
witlessness
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  • Offensive
7.9

A lack of cleverness or quick thinking

is a general lack of intelligence, not focused on quick cleverness

Antonyms

418 3.0

Ability to learn, understand, and use knowledge to solve problems

16 2.8

Quick thinking that finds smart new ideas and solutions

How Intelligent

genius
601 4.3
cleverness
16 2.8
intelligence
418 3.0
unintelligence
8.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

unintelligence = unintelligent (transparent) = un + intelligence

The noun is a straightforward nominalization of 'unintelligent' with '-ence', yielding 'the state or quality of being unintelligent'.

Etymology

Unintelligence is formed from un- 'not' and intelligence 'understanding' or 'mental ability'. That's why it can also mean 'a lack of intelligence' or 'not having mental ability'.