Usually means: Lacking intelligence, foolish, or senseless.
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  1. nitwitted: Merriam-Webster
  2. nitwitted: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nitwitted: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nitwitted: Vocabulary.com
  5. nitwitted: Wiktionary
  6. nitwitted: Dictionary.com
  7. nitwitted: Rhymezone
  8. nitwitted: FreeDictionary.org
  9. nitwitted: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. nitwitted: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nitwitted: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ adjective:  (informal) Being like a nitwit; being stupid or foolish.

Similar:
stupid, witless, senseless, soft-witted, nitwittish, twittish, dim-witted, thickwitted, numptyish, underwitted, more...

Opposite:
intelligent, smart, clever, astute, sharp

Types:
idiotic, stupid, dumb, moronic, foolish, silly, dense, dim-witted, slow, more...

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Similar:
stupid, witless, senseless, soft-witted, nitwittish, twittish, dim-witted, thickwitted, numptyish, underwitted, more...

Opposite:
intelligent, smart, clever, astute, sharp

Types:
idiotic, stupid, dumb, moronic, foolish, silly, dense, dim-witted, slow, more...



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