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He conveys earnestness to the point of goofiness, an air of unworldliness bordering on unintelligence that was comically exploited in the buddy comedy “21 Jump Street.”

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2012

There is the prevailing ignorance and unintelligence which leads to the phenomena being obscure to the subject himself.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Ellis, Havelock

Blue, the colour of the sky, became a symbol of celestial holiness; green passed into the language as indicating a freshness verging upon unintelligence.

From The Defendant by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Complete unintelligence showed itself on Ginger's every feature.

From The Adventures of Sally by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

He looked ruefully at Grace, who listened with anxious unintelligence.

From Dr. Breen's Practice by Howells, William Dean