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adj. - (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment.

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Usage examples (36)
  • But it also has the capacity to scare some people witless.
  • What kind of witless fools trade the lives of others just to say I told you so?
  • Before you welcome the show in, you should be warned that our theater critic found it "witless" and "pointless."
  • GREENFIELD: Yes, I think that kind of witless conversation that political -- some political folks indulge in every time the president speaks, what does he have to do?
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