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Meanings of imbecilic in English

Having a mental age of three to seven years.

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Usage of imbecilic in English
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It was not like the imbecilic shanties she had heard in Tarmuth.
The Scar
2
But a propos of the said Rochefort, have they been somewhat imbecilic?
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
3
The imbecilic, bad-tempered, and childish little monster continued to invade his thoughts.
Prince Lestat
4
He felt imbecilic, uttering these banal words: the vocabulary of love was so tired.
Shadowland
5
Not only were Trump's comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin.
News.com.au
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But Isaac flinched in horror before that imbecilic vacant glare.
Perdido Street Station
7
The child registered nothing; its face was an imbecilic blank.
Imajica: Complete Edition
8
Do you really imagine that to be true, you imbecilic excuse for a sentient being?
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
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Some aspects of Irish "policy" are so imbecilic as to require concealment from outsiders.
The Irish Times
10
Listen to me carefully, my drunken, imbecilic nephew.
Mech
11
The dogs, tied by the crack's entrance, pulled, imbecilic with their porcine eyes and bared teeth.
Iron Council
12
When you reach a certain age, there are certain imbecilic engagements you just don't have time for.
Ebony
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He told the Rome police he refused to demean himself by returning to Florence to judge Philip Blackmore's imbecilic contest.
Pasta Imperfect
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The purpose and intelligence that directed their propellers was much more terrifying than the imbecilic malice in the bonefish's eyes.
The Scar
15
Vngngn, imbecile and chief that he was, was too imbecilic, too much under the sway of Ngurn, to be considered.
The Red One
16
Mary McAleese's triumphalist address at UCC last weekend also probably ranks as among the most imbecilic ever by any president, ever.
The Irish Times
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