as in idiot
a stupid person
often mistaken for a dullard because he never said much in discussions
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So with just these few changes, the Saab 99 went from a rather efficient dullard to a sparkling performer.
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Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 23 Jan. 2023
Colin Farrell’s turn as a lovable dullard in Banshees of Inisherin and Bill Nighy as a bureaucrat rediscovering himself in Living both broke hearts on the festival circuit, and career-capstone nominations for each seem likely.
—Vulture, 29 Sep. 2022
Philosophers constantly argue as if every hypothetical person is either a dullard or a hyper-self-aware.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2011
Burwell focused on Farrell’s character, Pádraic, a farmer characterized by his friend as a dullard.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
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Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 23 Jan. 2023
Colin Farrell’s turn as a lovable dullard in Banshees of Inisherin and Bill Nighy as a bureaucrat rediscovering himself in Living both broke hearts on the festival circuit, and career-capstone nominations for each seem likely.
—Vulture, 29 Sep. 2022
Philosophers constantly argue as if every hypothetical person is either a dullard or a hyper-self-aware.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2011
Burwell focused on Farrell’s character, Pádraic, a farmer characterized by his friend as a dullard.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
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