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the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
the backbencher professed himself horrified by the gormlessness and naïveté of the prime minister
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Cook for 30–40 minutes, depending on thickness, until the salmon flakes easily with a fork, the internal temperature reaches approximately 140°F and the edges are lightly caramelized and smoky.
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Mashing a quarter of the potatoes adds creaminess and thickness to the salad without lots of mayo.
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And with such excellent transit, there can be much greater housing density.
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The approach will ensure uniform build quality for high-density GPU clusters and accelerate the timeline to active operations.
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In an email to Krebs, Valadon claimed that the repo’s commit logs show that GitHub’s default protections against committing secrets—protections designed to protect unwitting or unskilled developers against exactly this kind of stupidness—had been disabled by the repo’s administrator.
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Through the gut-skin axis, an unhealthy gut or ongoing internal inflammation can contribute to conditions such as acne, eczema, rosacea, dullness, and sensitive skin.
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Lavender softens the look of dullness, green helps reduce the appearance of redness, and peach helps counter visible dark spots.
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That apprenticeship is slower than asking AI for a draft, and the slowness is exactly what builds the tacit expertise the data shows AI cannot replicate.
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Everything—the light, the salt, the slowness—conspires to shift your inner tempo.
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The first 10 minutes are an incredible swirl of paranoia, alcoholism, and sluggish dumbness when Gould just needs to feed his cat.
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Unlike its sibling concepts of dumbness and idiocy, stupidity isn’t really a personality trait.
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“Gormlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gormlessness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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