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half-witted

ADJECTIVE
  1. retarded in intellectual development

How To Use half-witted In A Sentence

  • The shock has made her half-witted, but I understand that she was never very bright.
  • Some Szech'wan coolies and myself had rice together on a low form away from the smoke, and the while listened to some tales of old, told by some half-witted, goitrous monster who seemed sadly out at elbow. Across China on Foot
  • It was obvious what she had wanted, and he had blundered through it like a half-witted schoolboy.
  • He knew the bellman was a poor half-witted fellow, who would not be sensible of his absence; and then he turned to have another shot at the wolves. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852
  • He was said to feel that it made him look frail, vulnerable and half-witted. Times, Sunday Times
  • They were typical young recruits, too half-witted to know any better, but Ma was so fed up, he criticized them severely.
  • The fateful game is accompanied by half-witted bickering about the teams' various merits, cultural joshing and casual misogyny. Times, Sunday Times
  • Despite your pontificating and half-witted theory, you clearly know very little about modern history or economics.
  • What you did tonight was half-witted and temerarious.
  • He also came to know a half-witted spinster who, having stolen a yard or two of cloth from a weaver, was to be hanged for it.
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