unintelligent

English

Etymology

un- +‎ intelligent

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnənˈtɛləd͡ʒənt/

Adjective

unintelligent (comparative more unintelligent, superlative most unintelligent)

1. Not intelligent.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid

   • 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 138:

     "That young girl," he added unexpectedly, "is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting."

Derived terms

• unintelligently

Related terms

• unintelligence

Translations

not intelligent

• Catalan: inintel·ligent
• French: inintelligent (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀσύνετος (asúnetos)

• Italian: inintelligente (uncommon)
• Ottoman Turkish: بوك (böñ)
• Sanskrit: अज्ञान (sa) (ajñāna), मूर्ख (sa) (mūrkha), जल (sa) (jala)
• Spanish: ininteligente (es)
• Swedish: ointelligent (sv)