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unintelligent

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un·in·tel·li·gent  (nn-tl-jnt)
adj.
1. Having or displaying a lack of intelligence.
2. Not invested with intelligence.

unin·telli·gence n.
unin·telli·gent·ly adv.

unintelligent [ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənt]
adj
1. lacking intelligence; stupid; foolish
2. not endowed with a mind or intelligence
unintelligence  n
unintelligently  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unintelligentunintelligent - lacking intelligence; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers"
stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
retarded - relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded"
intelligent - having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"

unintelligent
adjective stupid, obtuse, dull, slow, thick, foolish, dense, dozy (Brit. informal), unthinking, gormless (Brit. informal), brainless, empty-headed, unreasoning, braindead (informal), dumb-ass (slang) He was abusive of Hemingway as an unintelligent philistine.
bright, sharp, smart, clever, intelligent, thinking
Translations
unintelligent [ˈʌnɪnˈtelɪdʒənt] ADJpoco inteligente
unintelligent [ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪənt] adjinintelligent(e)
unintelligent
adjunintelligent; approach, actionunklug, ungeschickt; not unintelligenteigentlich ganz intelligent
unintelligent [ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənt] adjpoco intelligente
unintelligent [ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənt] adjpoco intelligente


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I can't ride, can't play golf or billiards, and for an unintelligent chap like me," he wound up with a sigh, "there aren't a great many other ways of passing the time.
In the midst of these, imagine that natural, clumsy, unintelligent, and mirthful animal, John; mighty well-behaved in comparison with other lads, although not up to the mark of the house in Randolph Crescent; full of a sort of blundering affection, full of caresses, which were never very warmly received; full of sudden and loud laughter which rang out in that still house like curses.
In a word, it was Queequeg's conceit, that if a man made up his mind to live, mere sickness could not kill him: nothing but a whale, or a gale, or some violent, ungovernable, unintelligent destroyer of that sort.
 
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