Tom is by no means unintelligent. He is just lazy.
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Unintelligent
//ˌʌnənˈtɛləd͡ʒənt//
Synonyms for "unintelligent" (225 found)
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Adjective(39 words)
Related words (112)
mediocremindlessnaivenescientnot brightof little brainopaquepea brainedpea-brainedpedestrianpin-brainedpoorrawreasonlesssenselesssillysimpleskill lessskill-lessslackminded
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slackwittedstrange totentativethoughtlessunacquaintedunacquainted withunapprizedunaptuncomprehendingunconversantundeftundexterousundextrousunenlightenedunfacileunfamiliarungiftedunilluminateduninformeduninitiatedunintellectualunknowingunpostedunproficientunreasoningunripeunskillfulunsureuntalentedunthinkingunversedunwisevacuousweakwitless
Adjective(56 words)
mentally challengedmentally retardedmindlessmonosynapticmoronicmuttonheadednittynitwittednot the sharpest crayon in the boxnot the sharpest knife in the drawernot the sharpest tool in the shednumbskulledoafishobtusepeabrainedprattypudding-headedpuerilepurblindquarter-witted
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retardedrockheadedsharp as a bowling ballsheep-headedshit-for-brainssimpleslowslow on the uptakeslow-wittedsluggishsmooth-brainedstolidstupidthickthick as a brickthick as a plankthick as a whale omelettethick as champthick as mincethick as pig shitthick as two short planksthick-skulledthickheadedthickwittedunapprehensiveuncleverunderbrainedunsmartvacantvacuouswitlesswooden-headedwoodenheadedwool-headedwoolly-headedwoolly-minded
Adjective(1 words)
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11 translations across 8 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀσύνετος adj (not intelligent)
Catalan
1 entries- inintel·ligent adj (not intelligent)
French
1 entries- inintelligent adj (not intelligent)
Italian
1 entries- inintelligente adj (not intelligent)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بوك adj (not intelligent)
- شاشقین adj (not intelligent)
Sanskrit
3 entries- अज्ञान adj (not intelligent)
- जल adj (not intelligent)
- मूर्ख adj (not intelligent)
Spanish
1 entries- ininteligente adj (not intelligent)
Swedish
1 entries- ointelligent adj (not intelligent)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are likely to become dull and unintelligent.
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Everybody is a slave to the current socioeconomic system that was invented through the years by unintelligent people.
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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