dunderheaded

adjective

Definition of dunderheadednext
as in stupid
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily a comedy featuring the antics of dunderheaded criminals

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunderheaded
  1. stupid
  2. dumb
  3. slow
  4. simple
  5. thick
  6. foolish
Adjective
  • The big choices characters do make are all almost incomprehensibly stupid.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Nobody directing people and stupid mazes with limited entrances.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of stupid
Adjective
  • Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.
    Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 July 2017
  • Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.
    Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 10 July 2017
Definition of dumb
Adjective
  • The shutter speed of the 6X zoom is relatively slow in low light conditions, resulting in blurry shots more often than with, say, the Vivo X200 Pro.
    Ben Sin, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Now starts a transitional phase, which is simultaneously slow and fast.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of slow
Adjective
  • If peace has always been but a simple voluntary choice, the price of human imperfection has been paid in the coin of perpetual war.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Or that a different definition will make a theory simpler.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of simple
Adjective
  • Therefore, don’t be surprised to see bucks bedding right on the edge of thick cover within some of the areas noted above.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2024
  • In almost any Auerbach oil painting, early or late, rawness is thick on the ground.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of thick
Adjective
  • The San Francisco 49ers would be foolish to trade Nick Bosa, but that's exactly what a California politician wants.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The authors concluded that any attempt to create a synthetic substance to replace the mud — something Major League Baseball has explored — would be foolish.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of foolish
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