as in stupid
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
kept getting typecast as the hero's dorky sidekick
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Recent Examples of dorky
Admittedly, their dorky little fist bump is kind of cute.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
With the success of Nobody Wants This, Adam Brody has yet again won the hearts of viewers with his portrayal of an affable, slightly dorky sweetheart, an example of typecasting done right.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2025
The series followed the popular guitar-shredding Drake Parker (Bell) and the helplessly dorky Josh Nichols (Peck), two high schoolers who become unlikely step-brothers after their parents get married.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Ben and Jaime are forced to steal a dorky, cherry red tandem bicycle, not a fancy automobile.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
With the success of Nobody Wants This, Adam Brody has yet again won the hearts of viewers with his portrayal of an affable, slightly dorky sweetheart, an example of typecasting done right.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2025
The series followed the popular guitar-shredding Drake Parker (Bell) and the helplessly dorky Josh Nichols (Peck), two high schoolers who become unlikely step-brothers after their parents get married.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Ben and Jaime are forced to steal a dorky, cherry red tandem bicycle, not a fancy automobile.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dorky
Adjective
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Friendships built on insecurity, where men constantly have to prove their manhood, are a breeding ground for toxic attitudes and stupid decision-making.—
Terry Ward,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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That was the result of a stupid Obama-era rule that claimed a benefit to climate change (the biggest scam ever perpetrated on humanity) by restricting water flow through shower heads and faucets.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.—
Daniel Jackson,
Allure,
18 July 2017
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Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.—
Andy Benoit,
The MMQB,
10 July 2017
Adjective
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Samsung is neck and neck with Google, but its updates are often slower and more limited on older phones.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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The slowest builder finished before the one who overslept.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The simplest way, Studholme suggests, is to use one group of neutrals or a tone on tone graduation of the same color, such as Pigeon, Blue Gray, Muzzle and Cromarty from Farrow & Ball, for example.—
Ariel Okin,
Vogue,
18 Apr. 2025
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Asked who’d buy these gold cards during an Oval Office meeting with reporters in February, Trump had a simple answer.—
Meehika Barua,
HubSpot,
18 Apr. 2025
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This beautiful Easter garland, on sale for $79.99 at Wayfair, is opulent and thick with twigs and pastel eggs that run throughout.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Twangy bass lines thick enough to saw down a redwood tree are shredded with shivers of electric guitar to create a blues sound that cuts a hole straight through the decades.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Dorky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dorky. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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