Dorky
Dorky adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: she's always being embarrassed by her dorky cousins
Thinking
Thinking adjective - Having the ability to reason.
Usage example: it's surprising to find thinking people who believe such nonsense
Both words in one sentence
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While not overly dorky, when compared to the strong-willed Adam, he comes off as much less manly and mature, prone to acting without thinking and lacking initiative.
Source: Film / The Debt 1999 -
Tina has another hypocritical moment in "Carpe Museum" where she criticizes her field trip partner's robot graphic novel he's writing saying it's dorky yet she is an avid writer of erotic fanfiction.Tina: (thinking) Robots?
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The main character is a sweet, dorky and nerdy boy with super strength, outside of that you have his Genki Girl friend who controls gravity and an Ugly Cute frog girl with great skills, quick thinking and Nerves of Steel.
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