slow-witted
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of slow-witted
First recorded in 1565–75
Example Sentences
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The old car’s touch-screen user interface was underpowered, slow-witted and limited.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025
Of the two it is understood that Robert Zemeckis’ slow-witted hero launched him to icon status.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2024
Pat O’Connor, a publisher who worked with Jones, told the newspaper that Jones had a “low tolerance” for slow-witted and pretentious people.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024
Yet the Wodehouse, for all its airy wit, is not about nothing: It too is a story of deception, only in this case the kind that delivers delicious comeuppance to the puffed-up and slow-witted.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2018
This one may not be as slow-witted as he seems.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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