| 单词 | unintelligent |
| 释义 | unintelligent (once / 7726 pages) adj Unintelligent means exactly what it sounds like it means––not intelligent, not smart. Your unintelligent dog might not know his own name, but you love him for his goofy sweetness anyway. Don't confuse unintelligent with unintelligible. Unintelligible means something that can't be understood. Some doctors have handwriting so messy as to be considered unintelligible, but that doesn't mean they're unintelligent. If your cell phone signal is weak, you might find that what your mom is telling you on the phone becomes unintelligible to you — but that doesn't make you unintelligent. WORD FAMILYunintelligent: unintelligently+/intelligence: counterintelligence, intelligences/intelligent: intelligence, intelligentest, intelligently, unintelligent USAGE EXAMPLESHis advisers did not consider him unintelligent; they found him, instead, uninterested—in new ideas or new information. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) “They are incredibly unintelligent,” Petit said of those that authorized the ad. Washington Times(Oct 30, 2016) He was socially awkward, Ms. Illuzzi said, but he was not as unintelligent as his lawyer has said. New York Times(Oct 19, 2016) adj lacking intelligence a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers Syn|Ant stupid stupid lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity brainless, headlessnot using intelligence retardedrelatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development intelligent having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree smartshowing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness agile, nimblementally quick apt, clevermentally quick and resourceful brainy, brilliant, smart as a whiphaving or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence bright, smartcharacterized by quickness and ease in learning born, innate, naturalbeing talented through inherited qualities quick, readyapprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity prehensilehaving a keen intellect scintillatingbrilliantly clever searching, trenchanthaving keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect precociouscharacterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) |
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