dull-witted

[duhl-wit-id]

adjective

1. mentally slow; stupid.

Other Word Forms

• dull-wittedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dull-witted¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

Yet in a manner almost impossible to describe, he stood above or outside his banal and dull-witted persona.

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Others, like Logan Roy’s on “Succession,” lay bare their parental arrogance through the actions of his dull-witted children.

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There's no electoral value in acceding to this pressure to get rid of your piercings, pretend that "YMCA" is not a gay song and get married to a dull-witted former high school bully who won't let you play Chappell Roan.

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John Hawkes is a character actor ringer for any TV show or movie, and it’s exciting to see him cast here against type as a flawed, lonely, seemingly dull-witted cop with a mail-order fiancée en route from Vladivostok.

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What’s failing us, and failing the world, are the dull-witted politicians we send to Congress and state houses who try to push their religious views on the entire country and embrace a ruthless, predatory, unthinking capitalism, that lowers nearly everyone’s standard of living but elevates a tiny minority to incalculable and unhealthy levels of wealth.

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