dunce
noun
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
dunces
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pluralof dunce.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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People who say L.A. has no seasons are unobservant dunces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
The internet abets the problem, he says: Unfiltered by editors, it levels the playing field between experts and "dunces."
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 2, 2020
The appeal of getting to play one of Sandler’s dunces was so great that it attracted former cast members Jimmy Fallon and Kristen Wiig, neither of whose time on the show overlapped with Sandler’s:
From Slate ● May 5, 2019
Where Shane Black’s The Nice Guys were bumbling dunces, McDonagh’s pair trade wisecracks peppered with esoteric references to everyone from Simone de Beauvoir to realist painter Andrew Wyeth.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2016
“Okay, then, us two dunces are going to find a way out of this place.”
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
