unintelligent

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English

Etymology

un- +‎ intelligent

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Adjective

unintelligent (comparative more unintelligent, superlative most unintelligent)

  1. Not intelligent.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid
    • 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 138:
      "That young girl," he added unexpectedly, "is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting."

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