witless
adjective
lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.
witlessness
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a word derived from
witless.
Example Sentences
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Twin Peaks cop Andy and his daffy receptionist wife Lucy are cases in point; their witlessness is played for laughs but simultaneously curdles into something unsettling, as if they were robots trying to play humans.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2017
But the rest of us are under no obligation to smile weakly at such witlessness.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2017
Which is not to say cartoons must thrive on witlessness, as gifted artists ever since Picasso and Duchamp make plain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2015
The pathetic is achieved when the protagonist is, by virtue of his witlessness, his insensitivity or the very air he gives off, incapable of grappling with a much superior force.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2012
And thou, who hadst been better employed in lamenting thine own disgrace, know it is superfluity to bewail my witlessness; thou shouldst weep for the blemish in thine own mind, not for that in another's.
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo
