half-witted
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Etymology
Origin of half-witted
First recorded in 1635–45
Example Sentences
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She is shrewd enough to wheel and deal with half-witted intelligence officers but otherwise seems unexceptional.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 5, 2018
The instrument is a rod; but the result on the wretched half-witted man may be imagined.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2018
One day he was wandering across the desert and, like a half-witted Bugsy Siegel, stumbled upon Las Vegas.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2016
In “The Empire Strikes Back,” she directs the Rebel evacuation of Hoth and escapes with “stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder” Han Solo aboard the Millennium Falcon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2015
Her mind was so nimble and she was so quick to learn that her ability should have been obvious even to the most half-witted of parents.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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