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not the brightest bulb

not the brightest bulb is the alternative form of not the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

Meaning of not the brightest bulb in the chandelier

Phrase

not the brightest bulb in the chandelier

  1. Synonym of not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Questions about not the brightest bulb

What is not the brightest bulb the alternative form of?
Not the brightest bulb is the alternative form of not the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

Words near not the brightest bulb in the dictionary

  1. not so hot
  2. not so much
  3. not someone's circus, not someone's monkeys
  4. not that
  5. not that I know of
  6. not the brightest bulb
  7. not the brightest bulb in the chandelier
  8. not the case
  9. not the end of the world
  10. not the sharpest crayon in the box
  11. not the sharpest knife in the drawer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: not the brightest bulb (page history and authors); not the brightest bulb in the chandelier (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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