knucklehead
noun
a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
knuckleheaded
-
a word derived from
knucklehead.
Example Sentences
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Jost earns a scholarship to attend Regis High School on the Upper East Side, which liberates him from the confines of his somewhat knuckleheaded Staten Island upbringing, exposing him to the city’s moneyed elite.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2020
What doomed Kashuv was that his knuckleheaded moments were preserved in tidy digital packets to be turned against him.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2019
Before Logan Paul got onstage at a flat-earther conference to support a knuckleheaded conspiracy theory, he told the audience he was feeling grateful that day.
From The Verge ● Dec. 3, 2018
What sounded like a knuckleheaded idea actually captured the spirit of the age of lunar exploration: man, machine, limitless ambition.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2016
A knuckleheaded Hill staffer, happy to divulge which prep school he'd attended, said this to me last spring.
From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2013
