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".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- thick and dunderheaded
- thick and unintelligent
- dull and dunderheaded
- dull and unintelligent
- stupid and dunderheaded
- stupid and unintelligent
- obtuse and dunderheaded
- obtuse and unintelligent
- slow and dunderheaded
- slow and unintelligent
- dim and dunderheaded
- dim and unintelligent
- foolish and dunderheaded
- foolish and unintelligent
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