nonintellectual
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2017
“When colleges commit so much to a nonintellectual, even an anti-intellectual endeavor,” Gutting said, “they join hands with the forces that want to marginalize intellectual endeavors.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2013
Mr. Glassie, a former contributing editor at The New York Times Magazine whose first book was a photo essay called “Bicycles Locked to Poles,” tries hard to find some nonintellectual action in his story.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2012
In fact, Reagan frustrated his biographers because he was so complex--a free-market egalitarian, an intellectually serious nonintellectual, an ideologue with great tactical flexibility.
From Time Magazine Archive
A nonintellectual, he says, he made close friends with the little magazine intellectuals of the '20s, who respected his stubborn old-fashioned radicalism.
From Time Magazine Archive
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