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   What does witless mean?

   • If you describe something or someone as witless, you mean that they are very foolish or stupid. ...a witless, nasty piece of journalism. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   What if you're witless?

   • If you're witless, you don't have your wits about you. I wouldn't call you stupid, exactly. After all, anyone who can calculate pi to the 20th decimal point without even using a pencil is anything but dumb. But I would call you witless for not knowing that when a woman asks you "Does this dress make me look fat?," the answer should always be "No."

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   Is witless a numskull?

   • A witless person is a numskull. To be witless is not to lack the "funny" kind of "wit," but to lack the "brains" kind of "wit." If you're witless, you don't have your wits about you. I wouldn't call you stupid, exactly. After all, anyone who can calculate pi to the 20th decimal point without even using a pencil is anything but dumb.

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   What does lacking wit mean?

   • lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 before 1000; Middle English; Old English witlēas. See wit 1, -less

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   What does keep your wits about you mean?

   • You may have heard someone say "Keep your wits about you," which means "Stay alert!" Well, if you're behaving in a witless fashion, then you're not being alert or showing proper judgment. Even smart people can be witless from time to time.

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   Do you Wilt hold in contempt as a witless Wight?

   • The Norns' decree thou wilt hold in contempt as from a witless wight: In water thou shalt be drowned, if in wind thou rowest. Dost thou deem me so witless as not to know that if she had sent thee hither thou wouldst not have come in this plight? But sure, we might have writ a letter about ye an' carried it out to Witless Bay.

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   Lacking wit, intelligence, or sense.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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     Archaic a person who thinks himself or herself witty.......

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   Witless definition: lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.. See examples of WITLESS used in a sentence.

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   The meaning of WITLESS is lacking wit or understanding : foolish. How to use witless in a sentence.

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   WITLESS meaning: 1. stupid or showing no intelligence: 2. to frighten someone very much: 3. stupid or showing no…. Learn more.

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   Definition of witless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   A witless person is a numskull. To be witless is not to lack the "funny" kind of "wit," but to lack the "brains" kind of "wit." If you're witless, you don't have your wits about you.

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   Define witless. witless synonyms, witless pronunciation, witless translation, English dictionary definition of witless. adj. Lacking intelligence or wit; foolish. wit′less·ly adv. wit′less·ness n.