dunderhead
noun
a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
dunderheaded
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a word derived from
dunderhead.
Example Sentences
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Smog authorities put a stop to some of our dunderheaded pollution-generating self-owns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
In essence, “Marmalade” pretends to be more dunderheaded than it is, then acts as if it’s been smart all along, in a shift that takes it from insulting to incoherent.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Suffice it to report, the plot is thin, dialogue dunderheaded, but every one of director Louis Leterrier’s action scenes stuns the senses.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
Likewise, it is easy to laugh at and mock Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene , R-Ga., for her "stupidity" and belief in patently wrong and dunderheaded conspiracy theories.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2023
And for all that he so often plays the jackass-fool about women, like Grandma Pendomer, he is a man, Jack—a well-meaning, clean and dunderheaded man!
From The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations by James Branch Cabell
