Dunderheaded and Unintelligent

Dunderheaded

Dunderheaded adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: a novel featuring clever criminals who make fools of the dunderheaded cops

Unintelligent and dunderheaded are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unintelligent" instead an adjective "Dunderheaded".

Unintelligent

Unintelligent adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: you're not unintelligent, so you must just be stubbornly resisting all attempts to teach you something

Dunderheaded and unintelligent are semantically related. You can use "Dunderheaded" instead an adjective "Unintelligent".
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