unintelligence
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8.2
- noun
- /ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns/
- Some people wrongly judge others based on perceived unintelligence rather than effort or background.
Examples
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His repeated mistakes were blamed on his unintelligence.
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His unintelligence during the debate was surprising.
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The teacher tried to encourage the student rather than criticize her unintelligence.
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The unintelligence of the decision left everyone confused.
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Many criticized his unintelligence, but she believed everyone has strengths in different areas.
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The manager attributed the team's failure to their collective unintelligence in planning for the project.
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Her lack of understanding in mathematics was often labeled as unintelligence by her peers.
Synonyms
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2.5
Not being smart or having good judgment
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8.0
Very stupid or foolish behaviour often seen as offensive
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6.2
A state of not understanding things quickly
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8.4
Lower than usual ability to think and learn
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9.2
Being slow to understand things and often acting in a silly way
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7.9
A lack of cleverness or quick thinking
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7.9
Thinking ability that is much lower than most people's and shown by standard tests
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7.7
A quality of being slow to understand and making simple mistakes
A condition in which a person has lower than usual thinking ability
A condition of low ability to learn and think that starts in childhood
Antonyms
How Intelligent
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'.