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Synonyms & Antonyms of oafishness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
- the oafishness of the investigators, who missed clues and mishandled physical evidence, is the reason why that crime was never solved
Synonyms for oafishness
- boneheadedness,
- brainlessness,
- denseness,
- density,
- dim-wittedness,
- doltishness,
- dopiness,
- dorkiness,
- dullness
- (also dulness),
- dumbness,
- fatuity,
- foolishness,
- gormlessness
- [chiefly British],
- mindlessness,
- obtuseness,
- senselessness,
- simpleness,
- slowness,
- stupidity,
- stupidness,
- thickness,
- vacuity,
- weak-mindedness,
- witlessness
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