dimwittedness
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈdɪmˌwɪtɪdnəs/
- Offensive
- They laughed at his dimwittedness after he misunderstood the joke everyone else found funny.
Examples
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Her dimwittedness made it difficult for her to follow the instructions effectively.
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I pray the Spirit opens your eyes to your dimwittedness and foolishness.
Blog text (3) -
Good sirs, I'm not a witch... but I forgive your common dimwittedness and feeble brains.
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He realized his dimwittedness when he couldn't solve a simple math problem during the test.
Synonyms
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2.5
Not being smart or having good judgment
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6.2
A state of not understanding things quickly
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8.1
Being slow to understand or notice things
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7.2
A way of thinking that is not careful or deep
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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
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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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8.2
Low mental ability to think clearly or learn
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3.8
Slow thinking and trouble understanding new things
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8.1
A state when someone is slow to understand things
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4.3
A condition when a person's ability to think and learn develops less quickly than usual
Antonyms
How Stupid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dimwittedness combines dim ('not bright') and wit ('mind' or 'quick thinking') with the ending -ness that makes it a state. Imagine someone's mind in low light; that's why dimwittedness means the quality of being slow to understand.