witless
adjective
lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.
witlessly
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a word derived from
witless.
Example Sentences
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Los Angeles is often caricatured as witlessly Edenic, “the City of Dreadful Joy,” in Aldous Huxley’s pointed phrase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
In this way, the book is not really offensive so much as witlessly derivative, endlessly recapitulating the wisdom of other, canonical self-help and business books — by Stephen Covey, Simon Sinek, Shawn Achor, Adam Grant.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2017
The boys, presumably just as far gone, stood around grinning witlessly.
From Newsweek ● Jul. 30, 2012
Yet numerous critics witlessly observed that Willy’s resentful, destructive behavior isn’t “attractive”.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2011
The exhorter, he reflected, having picked up the trail and opened the cry—trail which the headlong twins had so witlessly overrun—these older dogs were on it hot; trail of the Gilmores and "Harriet."
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable
