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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dim-witted, simple, simple-mindedadjective

    lacking mental capacity and subtlety

GCIDE

  1. dim-wittedadjective

    mentally retarded; relatively slow in mental function.

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  1. dim-wittedadjective

    Being a dimwit; stupid; foolish; simple.

Wikipedia

  1. dim-witted

    Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, or wit. It may be innate, assumed or reactive. The word stupid comes from the Latin word stupere. Stupid characters are often used for comedy in fictional stories. Walter B. Pitkin called stupidity "evil", but in a more Romantic spirit William Blake and Carl Jung believed stupidity can be the mother of wisdom.

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  1. dim-witted

    Dim-witted refers to a person who is slow to understand, lacks quickness or sharpness of intellect, or is perceived to be less intelligent or lacking in common sense.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dim-witted in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dim-witted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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