Unintelligent
[ʌnɪn'telɪdʒ(ə)nt] or [,ʌnɪn'tɛlɪdʒənt]
Definition
(adj.) lacking intelligence; 'a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers' .
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Stupid, dull, UNINTELLECTUAL.
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Definition
adj. not intelligent.—n. Unintell′igence.—adv. Unintell′igently.—n. Unintelligibil′ity.—adj. Unintell′igible not capable of being understood.—n. Unintell′igibleness.—adv. Unintell′igibly.
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Examples
- A pompous and unintelligent classical pretentiousness dominated them, and they dominated the schools of the middle and upper classes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My servant, Louis (who is really attached to me in his unintelligent way), thinks I shall never get over it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The Greek scholar received the same mixture of unintelligent deference and practical contempt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At its onset, power-driven machinery did not seem to promise any release from such unintelligent toil. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The servant you have mentioned is the most unintelligent servant in the house, Sir Percival. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- That conscience was inadequate and unintelligent. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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