Dopey
Dopey adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: a sweet but dopey little dog who never learned any tricks
Sharp
Sharp adjective - Having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment.
Usage example: a sharp customer who wasn't about to be taken in by that smooth-tongued salesman
Both words in one sentence
- In the Animorphs series the Hork-Bajir were peaceful, dopey race of herbivores that happened to be living incarnations of the Lightning Bruiser and Absurdly Sharp Claws tropes- making them the perfect shock troops for the Yeerks after being conquered and enslaved.
Source: Sympathetic Sentient Weapon
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