dullard

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They were ok with Bush and his horrific policies (a dullard is their perfect candidate, see Palin) but Obama is just too different for them.

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  1. noun A person regarded as mentally dull; a dolt.

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  • Only to a dullard is language a means of communication and nothing more.
  • [104] Arboleda gives the impression of being a dullard, and this is pretty much the description of him by another member of the Augustinian order—Pedro de Rojas,[105] son of the Marques de Pozas and afterwards Bishop of Astorga and Osuna. —  Fray Luis de Leon
  • With Brunt gone, Joach could again resume his role as the dullard without worry of exposure. —  Wit'ch's Storm
  • A dullard, they would suppose, and politely refrain from mentioning the boy. —  Witch Fire.htm
  • And so we conclude by asking: Was Coolidge an anti-intellectual simpleton and dullard, as New Deal historians suggest?
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  1. from Middle English dullarde; from dull + -ard.
 

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/ˈdəlɑrd/
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