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[ wood-n-hed-id ] / ˈwʊd nˌhɛd ɪd /
adjective Informal.thick-headed, dull; stupid. Origin of wooden-headedFirst recorded in 1850–55 OTHER WORDS FROM wooden-headedwood·en-head·ed·ness, nounWords nearby wooden-headedwood duck, wooded, wooden, wood engraving, woodenhead, wooden-headed, Wooden Horse, wooden Indian, wooden shoe, wooden spoon, wooden tongue Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wooden-headedThis division of labor will give the firm an immense advantage over all of our wooden-headed contemporaries. The Letters of William James, Vol. 1|William James And how was it that she was growing more into favour with the Jordans and Walkers and all the narrow, wooden-headed people? The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird More wooden houses and their wooden-headed occupants were passed, and at last I was at liberty to have a drink. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)|Harry Furniss Even a wooden-headed detective ought to have given us a better supply than Bird yielded. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930|Various
I realised that I had no longer to deal with a suspicious, wooden-headed lawyer, but with a frank, kindly human being. The Jervaise Comedy|J. D. Beresford
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