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- adjective Alternative spelling of
dim-witted .
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Examples
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This is the type of poop that leads certain dimwitted Americans by the nose!
Heckler Wilson 'a decent guy' with lock on district, observers say 2009
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Since the Spanish Inquisition is famous for its cruelty, sometimes critics of the kind of dimwitted cruelty beloved by Marc Thiessen and his pals point out the similarity.
Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition 2010
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One thing that dimwitted and immoral people do when under pressure is decide that lashing out with a kind of dimwitted and immoral violence is going to help them.
Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition 2010
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You start out to say that Clarence Thomas is "dimwitted" and then conclude with a post stating that Thomas will fit in fine in "hell" supposedly for being a “dimwitted” Supreme Court Justice.
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter on McCain and Obama at the Saddleback Civil Forum. Ann Althouse 2008
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That kind of dimwitted “consensus” among the scientific establishment is why I generally say we should all make our own decisions, never trusting the advice of the “experts” uncritically.
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and breast milk | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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How can we talk without non-academics immediately feeling "dimwitted" and "unenlightened," or in the case of a Dyson, "too much talk and not enough walk," whenever we have a point to make?
Archive 2007-10-01 Anxious Black Woman 2007
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How can we talk without non-academics immediately feeling "dimwitted" and "unenlightened," or in the case of a Dyson, "too much talk and not enough walk," whenever we have a point to make?
Toning Down My Professorial Tone: Or, Trying Not to be Perceived as an Intellectual Snob Anxious Black Woman 2007
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He also expressed strong opposition to any new "free-trade" pact with Washington on its one-way terms and affirmed his determination not to renew the lease for the US military base in Manta he said he won't allow to remain open unless the Bush administration allows his country the right to have its own in Miami - a clear sign of his contempt for George Bush he called "dimwitted" in the first electoral round.
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Correa is also dismissive of George Bush, a man he clearly holds in contempt having called him "dimwitted" during his campaign.
Rafael Correa Officially Declared Winner of Ecuador's Presidential Election 2006
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He also expressed strong opposition to any new "free-trade" pact with Washington on its one-way terms and affirmed his determination not to renew the lease for the US military base in Manta he said he won't allow to remain open unless the Bush administration allows his country the right to have its own in Miami - a clear sign of his contempt for George Bush he called "dimwitted" in the first electoral round.
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