unintelligent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˌʌnənˈtɛləd͡ʒənt/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English intelligent English unintelligent From un- + intelligent.
Meanings
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Not intelligent.
"That young girl," he added unexpectedly, "is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting."
1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 138:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unintelligent | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unintelligent | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unintelligentsia · unintelligently
Relateds
Synonyms
bubbleheaded · thick-skulled · stolid · dumb as dirt · woolly-headed · dumb as a bag of hammers · lamebrained · uninformed · oafish · fuzzy-headed · drowsy · wooden-headed · nitwitted · pudding-headed · ignorant · dense · fuzzy-minded · dumb as a post · half-witted · stupid · thick as two short planks · buffle-headed · thick as mince · slow · monosynaptic · pratty · knuckleheaded · ass-brained · beefheaded · imbecilic · unsmart · Boeotian · puerile · slow-witted · childish · lumpish · dumber than a rock · muttonheaded · sheep-headed · lunkheaded · lowbrow · airheaded · thick as pig shit · dim · dull-minded · retarded · unclever · dozy · silly · not the sharpest tool in the shed · obtuse · unapprehensive · brainless · dumb as a box of rocks · braindead · insipid · cerebrally challenged · addlepated · dumb · dopey · birdbrained · simple · intellectually challenged · doltish · boneheaded · dim-bulb · not the sharpest crayon in the box · thick as a plank · dull · thick as a brick · dumb as an ox · soft · dim-headed · witless · goofy · dented · unintelligent · thick · beef-witted · wool-headed · thickheaded · moronic · vacant · rockheaded · chowderheaded · fatheaded · woolly-minded · dumb as a sack of hammers · smooth-brained · peabrained · half-brained · sharp as a bowling ball · feeble-minded · beetle-headed · hammer-headed · inane · fuckwitted · boofheaded · shit-for-brains · addlebrained · dunderheaded · ridiculous · quarter-witted · chuckleheaded · bullet-headed · thick as a whale omelette · slow on the uptake · dumber than a box of rocks · dull-witted · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · numbskulled · bee-brained · idiotic · cretinous · blockheaded · mindless · dumb as a doorknob · mentally challenged · foolish · daft · empty-headed · purblind · thick as champ · dim-witted · flea-brained · thickwitted · mentally retarded · vacuous · dull-headed · crackbrained
Translations (11)
sa जल (not intelligent) · es ininteligente (not intelligent) · sv ointelligent (not intelligent) · ota بوك (not intelligent) · grc ἀσύνετος (not intelligent) · fr inintelligent (not intelligent) · it inintelligente (not intelligent) · ca inintel·ligent (not intelligent) · sa अज्ञान (not intelligent) · sa मूर्ख (not intelligent) · ota شاشقین (not intelligent)