Gormless and Simple

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Gormless adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.

Usage example: a comedy show that invariably portrays the British aristocracy as a bunch of gormless twits

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Simple and gormless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Simple" instead an adjective "Gormless".

Simple adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.

Usage example: don't be so quick to characterize people who have trouble with computers as simple

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Gormless and simple are semantically related. (British) Sometimes you can use "Gormless" instead an adjective "Simple".

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