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Meanings of witless in English

(Of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment.

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Lacking in intelligence.

Usage of witless in English
1
Fallion and Jaz had given a wild account, nearly witless with terror.
Sons of the Oak
2
Bores stopped him on the street to repeat ancient and witless stories.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875
3
Don't talk to me like I'm some sort of witless farm girl.
The Wise Man’s Fear
4
To his unaccustomed mind their quarry was almost witless and exceedingly dirty.
The Window-Gazer
5
Tanis made a lunge for her, nearly scaring the gully dwarf witless.
Dragons of autumn twilight
6
People actually want to be scared witless of her, so she obliges.
The Guardian
7
It wouldn't take one of those to scare me witless, she thought.
In the Dark
8
Majestically as he bowled, he was aided by some pretty witless batsmanship.
The Guardian
9
This reverend prelate, whom he had deemed so wise, was well-nigh witless.
The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
10
They sent Sterling Hopkins, a vainglorious, witless, overzealous wight, to rearrest Maloney.
Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
11
Henry had to walk between them and the prospect scared him witless.
Faerie Wars
12
Such power was black and witless and should be locked away forever.
The First King of Shannara
13
Slow and dumb and witless, even one supposedly as bright as Laie.
The Irda (Children of the Stars)
14
You see, he thinks I'm dumb and witless like his other horses.
The horse and his boy
15
Fetches, wraiths, scantlings: They were always good for scaring children and witless men.
A Cavern of Black Ice
16
I am bored witless!' For her, that means planning a trip to Turkey.
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