as in stupid
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
I should have known better than to make such an unsmart decision
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Recent Examples of unsmart
Tweets swimming reports from Barton Springs pool; carries an unsmart phone so as not to be distracted by the internet; has lived in France; and read Anna Karenina in 16 hours.
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Riza Cruz, ELLE, 18 Oct. 2022
Riza Cruz, ELLE, 18 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsmart
Adjective
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Jess: The curds themselves are crispy, but the toast is stupid.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
22 Aug. 2025
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The dialogue wasn’t dumbed down and stupid comic book stuff.—
William Earl,
Variety,
20 Aug. 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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Number of new cases slow in the U.S. Nationally, the number of new measles cases has slowed, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Aug. 2025
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Joseph can also play the right side, and his presence gives the Canucks flexibility to take it slow with the likes of Tom Willander and Victor Mancini at camp.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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For Zander, who has spent three decades championing play as a form of healing, the solution lies in something deceptively simple: rediscovering the human joy of play.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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In simple terms, net-new ARR is a way to show how fast a company’s recurring revenue base is growing.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Unsmart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsmart. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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