unintellectual

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ intellectual

Adjective[edit]

unintellectual (comparative more unintellectual, superlative most unintellectual)

  1. (of a person) Not intellectual.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 296:
      A middle-aged peasant woman of a very common and unintellectual appearance was busy blowing into a blaze some branches and sticks of wood under the coffee-kettle on the open hearth.
  2. (of a task) Not requiring the use of the intellect.