lumpen

/ˈlʌmpən/
adjective
  1. Dull, stupid, or slow to understand; not intelligent or alert.
    • His lumpen expression made it clear he hadn't followed the lecture.
    • She felt lumpen and out of place in the advanced math class.
    • The movie's villain was a lumpen brute who only understood violence.
  2. Relating to or characteristic of the lumpenproletariat; uneducated, unskilled, and outside mainstream society.
    • The documentary focused on the lumpen communities that had been left behind by economic growth.
    • Some critics accused the movement of appealing to lumpen elements rather than workers.
    • The novel explored the lumpen underclass living in the city's abandoned factories.
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