witless

adjective

wit·less ˈwit-ləs

Synonyms of witless next

: destitute of wit or understanding : foolish

: mentally deranged : crazy

drive one witless with anxiety—

William Styron

witlessly adverb

witlessness noun

Example Sentences

He committed a witless blunder. a dog so witless that it is barely trainable

Recent Examples on the Web Which are all necessary to distract from such toothless inside-baseball Hollywood satire, such witless, outdated pandemic observation and the sheer Saharan humor desert that is the dialogue. —

Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2022 The bombastic Mayor Shinn of Jefferson Mays and overdecorated Mrs. Shinn of Jayne Houdyshell are turned into veritable sight gags; Shuler Hensley’s Marcellus, Hill’s confederate, is made to appear a witless errand boy. —

Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022 But he’s not always in control of his material, including some cheap shots that slide into witless sexism. —

New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021 Green has made exactly the kind of witless, worthless sequel that bled the franchise dry in the 1980s and '90s.... —

Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2021 Evil peasants, dead ignorant, witless mud-wallowers, emmerdeurs, smugglers, thieves. —

Ew Staff, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2021 This would be a very smart game plan for someone who has no real facts and is hoping someone else will be witless enough to out their own secret scheming. —

Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 15 June 2021 Once again, witless pundits, economists and politicians don’t understand what’s happening. —

John Tamny, Forbes, 6 June 2021 The picture is slick but dull, glitzy but witless, expensively boring. —

Kyle Smith, National Review, 27 May 2021 See More

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