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unintelligent Definition

un·in·tel·li·gent (-in teli jənt)

adjective

having or showing a lack or deficiency of intelligence

  • unintegrated
unintelligent Related Forms
un′·in·tel·li·gence noun un′·in·tel·li·gently adverb
unintelligent Synonyms

unintelligent

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unintelligent Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • people: There was no effect of a beneficial replacement of passive unintelligent people by active intelligent ones.
  • way: Q5 There are times when somebody is acting in an unintelligent way, or behaving in an unacceptable or even antisocial fashion.
  • comment: Rex's associates indulge in a second spate of unintelligent comments on the current political situation, two years after we first heard them.
  • man: Gordon Brown, being not an unintelligent man, must surely know this.
  • opinion: The difference is that his views are considered wrong while your unintelligent ill-conceived opinions are fashionable in this politically correct world.
  • force: There could be multiple uncaused causes -- multiple gods, say -- or the uncaused cause could be an unintelligent, impersonal force.

Modifying Another Word

  • emotionally: Indeed, some people say it is the one single thing that most differentiates the emotionally intelligent from the emotionally unintelligent.
  • so: And how did our capital get so unintelligent in the first place?
  • not: Now she's not unintelligent, but i think she rather missed the point Tim and friends are trying to make!
  • quite: Quite the opposite goes for some apparently quite unintelligent things like cleaning the house, digging the garden or making a cup of tea.
  • very: The vast majority of posts here are very unintelligent.
  • relatively: In some group contexts, this could, I think, represent an intelligent usage of a relatively unintelligent technology.