slow-witted
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of slow-witted
First recorded in 1565–75
Example Sentences
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“The consequences of putting on the street officers who, however highly educated, are prejudiced, or slow witted, or hot tempered, or timid, or dishonest are too obvious to require detailed discussion.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2016
But Dasch and some of the other saboteurs thought Heinck was "slow witted."
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
His slow witted mind harbored deadly rancor for former days, when we were in command.
From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various
Nay, if he objects to lying in ambuscade," said the slow witted Le Balafre, looking sorrowfully at the Lord Crawford, "I am afraid, my lord, that all is over with him!
From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir
She imagined that he had not heard, being a little deaf … or that, possibly, the poor chap was a trifle slow witted.
From Six Feet Four by Gregory, Jackson
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