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- adjective Below the level of the
intellect .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But Lawrence's own sense of the primitive -- a dark, subintellectual "blood-understanding" between attuned people -- was different from Luhan's simple, natural volkishness.
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Unfortunately, under these circumstances, posts of a substandard and even subintellectual nature tend to pile up, choking the newswire with garbage, and they are usually only removed after numerous requests from site visitors.
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Unfortunately, under these circumstances, posts of a substandard and even subintellectual nature tend to pile up, choking the newswire with garbage, and they are usually only removed after numerous requests from site visitors.
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People reacted on a subintellectual level to what they saw on TV.
The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000
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