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Meanings of dim-witted in English

Lacking mental capacity and subtlety.

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Examples for "simple"
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The answer is simple: 300 million years ago, there was no Atlantic.
BBC
2
She articulated a clear, simple purpose; to tell people about that reality.
The Irish Times
3
Let the simple heart and hope among us Keep our family strong.
Radio NZ
4
A simple solution has emerged as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
The Irish Times
5
I pose this simple question: is our destiny with Europe or not?
The Guardian
1
But after a while, my approach began to feel dogmatic and simple-minded.
Wired
2
The simple-minded workmen understood the ingenuous sublimity of this form of gratitude.
The Fortune of the Rougons
3
The simple-minded King, on the other hand, heard the compliment with pride.
Roman life in the days of Cicero
4
The effect of this act of the poor simple-minded man was electrical.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20,...
5
And so the simple-minded major prattled on, Macleod paying but little heed.
Macleod of Dare
1
It was that half-witted lad then who had perished in the park.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
2
A half-witted boy of the school became enamored of the young master.
Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
3
A half-witted old Tartar; you will get nothing out of him, sir.
The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood
4
Now, it is entirely weak and half-witted to appeal to the future.
Alarms and Discursions
5
The man on the farm was a half-witted old fellow named Mook.
Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
Usage of dim-witted in English
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Marry some nice dim-witted Southern lady who would have raised me right?
Go Set a Watchman
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He takes a retiring associate and a dim-witted sales applicant with him.
The South African
3
They are too dim-witted, unsympathetic and greedy to get away with anything.
Reuters
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He also had a flustered, dim-witted expression that made her heartsick.
The Fireman
5
He raised a heavy hand and kept standing there like a dim-witted student.
To the end of the land
6
I wondered why Bill had chosen such a dim-witted creature to guard me.
Dead until dark
7
Meat for Sintara, and meat for the sickly copper and the dim-witted silver dragon.
Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
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The main problem was that goblins were dim-witted creatures.
Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
9
This whole thing was another of Satan's dim-witted jokes.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
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A dim-witted young man is invited to the house and is expected to take Amanda to dinner.
The new yorker
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Unless I am being particularly dim-witted, loose ends remain far looser than in any Murakami novel to date.
The Guardian
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Is the book about Ralph and Jessica or the Anat-Denarians or the dim-witted president of the United States?
First contact: or, it's later than you think
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He said her characters were dim-witted.
Pasta Imperfect
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The best of a dim-witted lot.
The spurned viscountess
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A dim-witted, racist, misogynist, who has ruined businesses and has no policy proposals other than 'build a wall'.
BBC
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It is the immigrant who grants Archie his "extra time", and Archie responds with dim-witted goodwill.
The Guardian
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Dim-witted through the time