underbrained en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From under- + brained.
Meanings
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Lacking intelligence.
I hope that even a species as underbrained as yours can understand that survival is a very good idea.
2000, W. R. Thompson, Infiltrator:Newton Mackintosh, Lucy Lake Poor Lucy Lake was overgrown, / But somewhat underbrained. / She did not know enough, I own, / To go in when it rained.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most underbrained | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more underbrained | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
thick as mince · ignorant · childish · bullet-headed · bee-brained · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · insipid · mindless · thick · feeble-minded · dozy · imbecilic · bubbleheaded · beefheaded · daft · lumpish · uninformed · fuckwitted · puerile · fuzzy-minded · goofy · sheep-headed · stupid · smooth-brained · cretinous · monosynaptic · rockheaded · dim · drowsy · wooden-headed · witless · dull-headed · unclever · vacuous · dumb as a box of rocks · silly · thick as champ · thick as pig shit · crackbrained · not the sharpest tool in the shed · unintelligent · dunderheaded · intellectually challenged · dented · dull-minded · slow · hammer-headed · ass-brained · thickheaded · vacant · thickwitted · knuckleheaded · pratty · cerebrally challenged · lunkheaded · addlebrained · oafish · slow on the uptake · pudding-headed · numbskulled · fatheaded · thick as a whale omelette · dim-bulb · sharp as a bowling ball · inane · not the sharpest crayon in the box · muttonheaded · dull-witted · chuckleheaded · dumber than a box of rocks · lowbrow · thick-skulled · Boeotian · wool-headed · dumb as a post · chowderheaded · dumb as dirt · dumb as a doorknob · retarded · idiotic · nitwitted · beef-witted · purblind · unsmart · dull · boneheaded · stolid · braindead · boofheaded · soft · quarter-witted · lamebrained · slow-witted · dumber than a rock · ridiculous · beetle-headed · brainless · thick as a plank · obtuse · doltish · woolly-minded · blockheaded · dense · airheaded · half-brained · birdbrained · woolly-headed · moronic · fuzzy-headed · mentally retarded · dopey · shit-for-brains · dim-witted · dumb as an ox · half-witted · foolish · buffle-headed · dumb as a sack of hammers · dim-headed · addlepated · peabrained · thick as a brick · mentally challenged · dumb · empty-headed · unapprehensive · dumb as a bag of hammers · thick as two short planks · simple · flea-brained