Oafish and Simple

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

Usage example: far from being oafish, the professional wrestler was in fact a college graduate

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Simple and oafish are semantically related. in clumsy topic. In some cases you can use "Simple" instead an adjective "Oafish".

Nearby Word: oaf

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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Oafish and simple are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Oafish" instead an adjective "Simple".

Featured in the story is an out of place human character who is described as oafish and simple, who later turns out to be the author who has sacrificed most of his powers in order to be a part of his story and make sure it goes well while Obfuscating Stupidity to keep his cover.

Source: Rage Against the Author
An episode of Samurai Jack involves a big, clumsy, simple-minded, oafish creature following Jack around and causing Jack all kinds of trouble by accident / ignorance.

Source: Emotional Powers

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