unintelligent
adjective
un·in·tel·li·gent
ˌən-in-ˈte-lə-jənt 
: lacking intelligence : not intelligent
an unintelligent remark
a crude, unintelligent person
unintelligently
adverb
Examples of unintelligent in a Sentence
you're not unintelligent, so you must just be stubbornly resisting all attempts to teach you something
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The life of an unattractive and unintelligent young woman living in a dreary backwater in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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Even today, there are many settings in which the Christian faith is considered absurd, meant for the weak and unintelligent.
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New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
The man seemed to think he was surrounded by incompetent, unintelligent, wastes of space.
—Josh Davis, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
The 32-year-old says she’s always been naturally curious, but as a child, school often left her feeling anxious and unintelligent.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Even today, there are many settings in which the Christian faith is considered absurd, meant for the weak and unintelligent.
—Daniel Burke, NPR, 9 May 2025
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“Unintelligent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unintelligent. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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