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halfwit

/ ˈhɑːfˌwɪt /

noun

  1. a feeble-minded person
  2. a foolish or inane person


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Derived Forms

  • ˌhalfˈwitted, adjective
  • ˌhalfˈwittedness, noun
  • ˌhalfˈwittedly, adverb

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Example Sentences

Heck, we let an ex-boozehound halfwit run the country for eight years.

You'd just take it home and spend it on that fat heifer of a wife you got, and on them two little halfwit brats, wouldn't you?

You think your insane ditherings about an incompetent halfwit has anything to do with anything?

Was this the man that had played the part of a halfwit so successfully at Bar X ranch?

Trent Burton, the halfwit, and Trent Burton in action, were two different persons.

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