Unintelligence

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of intelligence. uncountable, usually

    "The Intelligence Office proved to be as much misnamed as those institutions usually are, and varying degrees of unintelligence were shown in the candidates offered for the position of cook at Boxley Hall; though, if the applicants seemed unsatisfactory to Patty, in many cases she was no less so to them."

Synonyms

All synonyms
agnosticismblank mindblankmindednessblanknesscallownesscalm of mind

Example

More examples

"The Intelligence Office proved to be as much misnamed as those institutions usually are, and varying degrees of unintelligence were shown in the candidates offered for the position of cook at Boxley Hall; though, if the applicants seemed unsatisfactory to Patty, in many cases she was no less so to them."

Etymology

From un- + intelligence.

Related phrases

artificial unintelligence

More for "unintelligence"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.