Dumb
Dumb adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: don't call him dumb just because he makes the occasional mistake like the rest of us
Knowing
Knowing adjective - Having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment.
Usage example: knowing movie producers do not invest their own money in their risky ventures
Both words in one sentence
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Playing with his dead father's drumsticks at a train station and then jumping onto the track knowing a train would be there soon just to get them was a really dumb idea.
Source: Visual Novel / Brass Restoration -
In the story they try to explain the whole thing as everyone knowing it was Hank and playing dumb, including Janet, for the sake of Hank's fractured psyche◊.
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They chose "Mensa" for the noble reasons mentioned above, possibly not even knowing there would eventually be a Mexican chapter of Mensa... and "Mensa" loosely means "(female) dumb" in Spanish.
Source: Useful Notes / Mensa
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