Stupid and Taught

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

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Taught is an antonym for stupid.

Nearby Words: stupidity, stupor, stupidly

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Stupid is an antonym for taught in instructed topic.

That's the thing: it never occurred to them, because Hyun-ae was a girl, and their culture taught that girls were stupid, subservient, second-class citizens.

Source: Visual Novel / Analogue: A Hate Story
Both these cases aren't examples of the BFG being stupid, but are because (as he has no parents) he is self-taught.

Source: Literature / The BFG
They were soon taught that dismissing primates as being no threat is a really stupid thing to do.

Source: Literature / Known Space

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