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English
Etymology
un- + intellectual
Adjective
unintellectual (comparative more unintellectual, superlative most unintellectual)
- (of a person) Not intellectual.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 296:A middle-aged peasant woman of a very common and unintellectual appearance was busy blowing into a blaze some branches and sticks of wood under the coffee-kettle on the open hearth.
- (of a task) Not requiring the use of the intellect.