soft witted

comparative of soft-witted

/sɔftˈwɪtɪd/
adjective
  1. Lacking intelligence or quickness of mind; slow to understand or learn.
    • Don't be so hard on yourself for missing the joke — we all have soft-witted moments sometimes.
    • She felt soft-witted after staring at the math problem for twenty minutes without figuring it out.
    • The villain in the old play was portrayed as a soft-witted servant who always messed up his master's orders.
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