unintelligent
adjective
un·in·tel·li·gent
ˌən-in-ˈte-lə-jənt 
: lacking intelligence : not intelligent
an unintelligent remark
a crude, unintelligent person
unintelligently
adverb
Synonyms
- airheaded
- birdbrained
- bonehead
- boneheaded
- brain-dead
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- chuckleheaded
- dense
- dim
- dim-witted
- doltish
- dopey
- dopy
- dorky [slang]
- dull
- dumb
- dunderheaded
- empty-headed
- fatuous
- gormless [chiefly British]
- half-witted
- knuckleheaded
- lamebrain
- lamebrained
- lunkheaded
- mindless
- oafish
- obtuse
- opaque
- pinheaded
- senseless
- simple
- slow
- slow-witted
- soft
- softheaded
- stupid
- thick
- thick-witted
- thickheaded
- unsmart
- vacuous
- weak-minded
- witless
Examples of unintelligent in a Sentence
you're not unintelligent, so you must just be stubbornly resisting all attempts to teach you something
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But the gullible, easily-led and unintelligent — and the media — all fall for the lie.
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Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
Both of these insults are based on racist stereotypes (the lazy trope and the unintelligent trope) that have been weaponized against Black people throughout history.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
There’s often depictions of Middle Eastern men as either unintelligent or violent.
—Morgan Godvin, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2024
The stereotypical image of a Neanderthal is that of a brutish, unintelligent and uncivilized caveman.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
Both of these insults are based on racist stereotypes (the lazy trope and the unintelligent trope) that have been weaponized against Black people throughout history.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
There’s often depictions of Middle Eastern men as either unintelligent or violent.
—Morgan Godvin, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2024
The stereotypical image of a Neanderthal is that of a brutish, unintelligent and uncivilized caveman.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
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“Unintelligent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unintelligent. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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