half-wittedness

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Noun
  • Meanwhile, arrowroot extract adds volume, aloe vera extract adds a bit of shine (to prevent chalkiness and dullness), and celery root extract soothes the scalp.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Their bestselling Regenerating Cleanser gently polishes away impurities and dullness to reveal a healthy-looking, radiant glow, clinically proven to make skin look brighter, smoother, more hydrated and pores look smaller.
    Tory Johnson, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There’s a heartwarming idiocy to their pursuit, yet what festers underneath is their inability to process grief consciously and the fear that those who deem their existence meaningless might be right.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Gunther and Tig are two billionaire failsons who have wasted countless opportunities and cash chasing the stupidest ideas and who get rewarded over and over again for their idiocy.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Kering also aims to refurbish or relocate two-thirds of its Gucci store network, reduce selling space by 20% and outlets by a third to achieve a doubling of its sales density by 2030.
    Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Saul Leiken, the company’s director of product line, told me there is some cross-pollination—for example, the bike’s battery uses the same cells as a Rivian’s, just at a lower density.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Julia's confession Fed up with local law enforcement's slowness and unresponsiveness, Christine and Katas eventually get FBI agent Dawn Martin on the case.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
  • By the time symptoms first appear, the majority of these cells are lost forever, meaning the disease can progress for years before any of the telltale physical symptoms emerge—tremors, stiffness and slowness of movement, among others.
    Todd Weissman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Unlike its sibling concepts of dumbness and idiocy, stupidity isn’t really a personality trait.
    Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Compare that to punk rock, which used dumbness as a tactic.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Understand how rye works in baking Though dark, dense rye bread is delicious, rye flour does not inherently create denseness in other baked goods.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • When Constanze reaches her breaking point, Mozart’s imbecility is exposed as fragility.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Half-wittedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-wittedness. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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