unclever

1 6.3

Not bright or quick at thinking

adjective
/ʌnˈklɛvər/

Offensive

: tonto

He realized that his unclever approach to the task was holding him back.

Examples

And I saw many stupid animals like you; unclever, with no culture.

Blog text (5)
The unclever solution failed to solve the problem despite numerous attempts.
Her unclever remarks during the meeting made it clear she hadn't prepared.

Synonyms

simple

vsunclever

Offensive

138 8.1

Not smart or quick to understand

focuses on missing ingenuity and flexible quick thinking

unintelligent

vsunclever

8 3.3

Not smart or slow to understand

focuses more on missing ingenuity and quick problem solving

doltish

vsunclever

Offensive

1 9.3

Not very smart and acting in a foolish way

is a neutral label for missing quick problem solving

beef-witted

vsunclever

Offensive

1 9.9

Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly

is a milder general description of weak quick thinking

Antonyms

smart

∞ 1.9

Shows quick thinking and good understanding

clever

573 1.7

Understands things quickly and finds smart solutions

intelligent

507 3.4

Able to think, understand, and learn new things

How Clever

brilliant

949 3.7

clever

573 1.7

smart

∞ 1.9

average

∞ 1.0

unclever

Offensive

1 6.3

stupid

Offensive

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

unclever positive

uncleverer comparative

uncleverest superlative

Morphology

unclever = clever (transparent) = un + clever

Meaning is a straightforward negation formed by the productive English prefix 'un-' added to the adjective 'clever'.

Etymology

Unclever is made by putting the prefix un- 'not' in front of clever. So unclever means 'not clever', just like unhappy means 'not happy'.