Gormless meaning

gôrm'lĭs
Lacking intelligence or vitality; stupid or dull.
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Slow-witted; stupid.
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(chiefly UK, of a person) Lacking intelligence, sense or discernment, often implying lack of capacity of will to remedy the condition.
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(UK) Inexperienced, naïve, innocent to the point of foolishness.
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Origin of gormless

From English dialectal gaum (“understanding”) +‎ -less (“without”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gaumaz, *gaumō (“understand”). The ‘r’ found in this spelling is a vowel-lengthening device common in non-rhotic dialects of English.

Sentence Examples

  • gormless look on its face, but are encouraged by the government.

  • Julie Kent tried to be sweet and innocent but succeeded only in looking gormless.

  • Are you all so gormless you canted even spot an open goal like that!

  • gormless brother Wishee Washee ever find a girl who fancies him?

  • Not so for DJ Sam Seed, who played his set of fabulous full-on funky hip-hop under a barrage of some stunningly gormless heckling.

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