Dunderhead

/ˈdʌn.də.hɛd/ · noun

Meaning

(somewhat dated) A stupid person; a dunce..

Example Sentences

You're the stupidest dunderhead I ever saw or ever heard of, so help me Moses!

Poor old fellow's a dunderhead. That's where it is in a nutshell. Never could make a living. […] Nice old chap as ever lived. Only impractical, dreamy. Gentle as a sheep—and no more capable of running that big, expensive plant than a motherly old ewe.

Cheney & Company swooned over Mr. Chalabi because he was telling them what they wanted to hear. . . . A half-dozen dunderheads who thought they knew everything assumed they could control Mr. Chalabi and use him as the instrument of their utopian fantasies.

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• dunderheads
• dinderhead

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