as in dumb
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily the show's amateur sleuth always has to explain to the dim-witted police chief who really committed the murder

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Recent Examples on the Web Hybrids are also, to put it bluntly, a bit dim-witted. Rebecca Heisman, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024 But what held your interest was the anti-spectacle of a tough little punk band blazing through songs about big-hearted losers and dim-witted politicians. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024 It must be said that wrong CEOs are not dim-witted or evil. Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2024 Laszlo, like the rest of the characters, is hilariously dim-witted, which feels like a rarity right now when antiheroes and dark comedy rule television. Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2024 Even with the original performances of Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried to live up to, Renée Rapp and Avantika shine as queen bee Regina George and her dim-witted lieutenant Karen, and Moana’s Auli’i Cravalho gives outsider Janis a livelier presence than the sarcastic Lizzy Caplan did. Josh Bell, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024 Lots of stunts, explosions, and F/X gimmicks are interweaved, along with dim-witted, screwball-comedy romantic banter. Armond White, National Review, 3 May 2024 The iconic film starred Lindsay Lohan as fish-out-of-water Cady, who tries to adjust to life in a school dominated by a trio called the Plastics: the reigning Regina (Rachel McAdams), toaster-strudel heiress Gretchen (Lacey Chabert), and dim-witted Karen (Amanda Seyfried). Danny Horn, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2024 Wotan’s wife comes across as a dim-witted socialite, flipping through a magazine while making scolding remarks and pulling grotesque faces. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023

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“Dim-witted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dim-witted. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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