Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.
Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness.
Marked by lack of intellectual acuity or somewhat mentally limited.
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Examples for "foolish "
Examples for "foolish "
1 One must be the half - foolish Nicko; the other must be the spy.
2 It was foolish to question the power in that grave, sardonic face.
3 He looked very foolish ; and sat down in a corner without speaking.
4 The Bishop did a foolish thing in talking of the metropolitan press.
5 The foolish comfortable words spoken in every drawing-room throughout the United Kingdom.
1 He looked silly enough in truth; but he never bothered about it.
2 I was silly to be mixed up with it in the beginning.
3 Lay aside affected, silly etiquette for the natural dictates of the heart.
4 They were just silly , ordinary fussinesses; they had no sense in them.
5 The idea of yonder silly creature being the companion of a MAN.
1 Suddenly the absence of chairs is making them look a little stupid .
2 I was feeling a little stupid for being so petty about Kit.
3 Gentle, passionate, trusting, a little stupid , she was not capable of irony.
4 Eventually I realized it was all a little stupid , and I stopped.
5 It was crazy and a little stupid , because my concentration would shift.
1 She'll seem somewhat stupid for a while, perhaps not speak, but only smile kindly.
2 Two were dark-skinned boatmen, Bengalis somewhat stupid in appearance.
3 Moreover, he had fondly hoped this somewhat stupid quarry might be readily found and taken.
4 Fat Mrs. Hen turned about with a vexed look upon her handsome but somewhat stupid face.
5 They think of the Italians as somewhat stupid and backward: Carmela listens much and says little.
1 Some might feel that this risks dumbing down but I would disagree.
2 Now, she adds, texting and Twitter are dumbing down e-mail even more.
3 A fact-free environment contributes to the dumbing down of public debate.
4 Words that would resist the eternal American genius for cheapening and dumbing down.
5 There was no evidence of dumbing down among Scribble's digital generation.
6 This is the kind of dumbing down we must fight against.
7 It's not about dumbing down or aiming charts just at children.
8 The dumbing down of the populace remains in full flower, indeed.
9 With each incremental dumbing down of their programming, ratings climbed proportionately.
10 This equates to a dumbing down of cultural life in NZ.
11 They caution job seekers against dumbing down their curricula vitae.
12 Instead of dumbing down the dialogue as ordered, we'd smarted up the whole premise.
13 Thoughtful and said a lot about the times she lived in without dumbing it down.
14 Who said the internet was all about dumbing down?
15 But at least you have the option of dumbing down your smart bulbs a bit.
16 McGeeney has also had enough dumbing down of player performances through marks out of 10.
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