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halfwits

halfwits is the plural of halfwit.

Meaning of halfwit

Noun

halfwit (plural halfwits)

  1. (informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
    • It has been pointed out in this space before that a number of the titles you'll find shelved under self-help in your local bookshop are, on closer examination, farragos of wooden-headed tripe, written by mountebanks and halfwits.2007 June 15, Oliver Burkeman, “The rise of the anti-self-help movement”, in The Guardian

Questions about halfwits

What is halfwits the plural of?
Halfwits is the plural of halfwit.

Words near halfwits in the dictionary

  1. halfwild
  2. halfwise
  3. halfwit
  4. halfwitch
  5. halfwitches
  6. halfwits
  7. halfwitted
  8. halfwittedly
  9. halfwittedness
  10. halfwittery
  11. halfwizard

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