halfwit
Britishnoun
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a feeble-minded person
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a foolish or inane person
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This is partly thanks to Alec Baldwin’s parody of the president as an irascible halfwit.
From Economist ● Feb. 9, 2017
Bertie did badly at lessons and his parents considered him a halfwit.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2013
The accent Mr. Easton had absorbed in Texas was confining him, as he told Newsday in 1989, to roles of the “dopey deputy and halfwit hayseed” variety.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2011
Meanwhile, Nick breaks the awkward silence with Madge concerning her current plight, and a not very plausible ginger-haired halfwit continues to pursue the ladies.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 4, 2011
"By Caesar," Braun said in despair, "I have an idea you'll get the vote of every halfwit in the country."
From The Common Man by Schelling, George Luther
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