Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a dunderhead or dunce.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Thick-headed; stupid.
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Examples
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It's either a brilliant PR move or (most likely) yet another dunder-headed, uncoodinated gaffe.
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UPDATE: Now featuring hilarious commentary from Poppy Z. Brite, Nick Mamatas, Jack Haringa and others, as well as a floundering, dunder-headed appearance by the ‘publisher’ in question, SNM Horror Magazine (never have I seen someone dig themselves so deep).
Brian Keene 2008
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She was getting bad advice-The same kind of dunder-headed advice that lost for Gore and for Kerry.
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Nine of us had not the smallest doubt about those passages, neither, I believe, had any one in the Court; the dunder-headed triumvirate, having no idea but obstruction, disputed them for that very reason.
The Trial For Murder by Charles Dickens | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2004
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Nine of us had not the smallest doubt about those passages, neither, I believe, had any one in the Court; the dunder-headed triumvirate, having no idea but obstruction, disputed them for that very reason.
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Let's send this to as many people as we can so that the Gloria Aldredsand other dunder-headed attorneys along with Federal Justices that want to thwart common sense, feel doubly ashamed of themselves - if they have any such sense.
forwards i hate dudemanflab 2004
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There you are, you stupid-looking, good for nothing, dunder-headed, Italian idiot you.
The Drone A Play in Three Acts Rutherford Mayne
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There are some terrible dunder-headed beings in this world of ours.
A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition P. T. Ross
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The most dunder-headed trout of the pool, at sight of a silvery bait racing apparently for dear life half out of water, yet never advancing, must metaphorically place its forefinger along its snout, and with a leery wink sheer off into the deep.
Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior
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They had but played their respective social parts, and accepted the gifts that the gods provided; while I-- dunder-headed dolt that I was -- had conducted myself worse than a budding school-boy who had but just donned swallow-tails, and made his first entry into society!
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