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Dunderhead


Definition:

  • (n.) A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But then, if centuries of privileged breeding and education produce dunderheads and philistines, that proves talent is genetically random, not inherited.
  • (2) He cracks not one but two lame jokes and comes across as a dunderhead.
  • (3) The lesson is obvious – to everyone except the dunderheads administering public policy in Britain.
  • (4) I still count myself as a complete dunderhead when it comes to understanding it, and I have some form in that area.
  • (5) Not intentionally: most of the dunderheads reporting the G20 summit that took place over the weekend really do believe that he proposed and founded the International Monetary Fund.
  • (6) I’m not so interested any more in those parts that I already played.” This, I must admit, is tragic news to me, fan as I am of the entire, seething menagerie of dicks, douchebags, dimwits and dunderheads he has created in the decade or more since the debut of Arrested Development .

Dunderpate


Definition:

  • (n.) See Dunderhead.

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