Birdbrained
Birdbrained adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: a group of apparently birdbrained teenagers were clearly bored by the memorial
Knuckleheaded and birdbrained are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knuckleheaded" instead an adjective "Birdbrained".
Knuckleheaded
Knuckleheaded adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: the editorial lampooned the knuckleheaded legislation, which was yet another attempt by the government to protect people from themselves
Birdbrained and knuckleheaded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Birdbrained" instead an adjective "Knuckleheaded".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- thick and birdbrained
- thick and knuckleheaded
- stupid and birdbrained
- stupid and knuckleheaded
- dense and birdbrained
- dense and knuckleheaded
- obtuse and birdbrained
- obtuse and knuckleheaded
- slow and birdbrained
- slow and knuckleheaded
- dim and birdbrained
- dim and knuckleheaded
- foolish and birdbrained
- foolish and knuckleheaded
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