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gorm⋅less

  [gawrm-lis]
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–adjective Chiefly British Informal.
gaumless.
Origin:
resp. by speakers with r-less accents

gaum⋅less

  [gawm-lis]
–adjective Chiefly British Informal.
lacking in vitality or intelligence; stupid, dull, or clumsy.
Also, gormless.

Origin:
1740–50; dial. (Scots, N England) gaum heed, attention (ME gome < ON gaumr; akin to Goth gaumjan to observe) + -less
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gorm·less   (gôrm'lĭs)   
adj.   Chiefly British
Lacking intelligence and vitality; dull.

[From dialectal gawm, sense, from Middle English gome, notice, from Old Norse gaumr.]
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