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nonintellectual

/ ˌnɒnɪntɪˈlɛktʃʊəl /

adjective

  1. not appealing to or characteristic of people with a developed intellect

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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I find that acting is a very nonintellectual discipline.

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I was fascinated by the idea that food is fuel in this very nonintellectual way.

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Child grew up in Pasadena, California—in one of the book’s interviews, a 1989 conversation with the journalist Polly Frost, for Interview, she describes herself as “an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.”

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Statewide testing shows a significant achievement gap between students with nonintellectual disabilities and their peers.

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George, meanwhile, grew up in a cheerfully nonintellectual and inclusive household that celebrated Christmas and just about anything involving their son, even Lizzie.

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