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thickheadedness

Definitions

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  • noun stupidity

Etymologies

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thickheaded +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Ertz was annoyed at his apparent thickheadedness and showed it.

    Destiny Narrowly Avoided 2010

  • In his hurry and thickheadedness that morning, he had omitted all the usual routines.

    'Solar' 2010

  • In his hurry and thickheadedness that morning, he had omitted all the usual routines.

    'Solar' 2010

  • In his hurry and thickheadedness that morning, he had omitted all the usual routines.

    'Solar' 2010

  • From Alicublog, first quoting then analyzing Lee Harris' original paean to thickheadedness:

    Archive 2008-01-01 Dave 2008

  • We usually call these things "griefing" and that was clearly *not* the case in this example of LL thickheadedness.

    Is Linden Lab hostile to art? Bettina Tizzy 2008

  • While thickheadedness, orneriness, and bad faith can be found in Orthodoxy—as they can be anywhere else—their incidence hardly suffices to explain why the Orthodox are disinclined to restore full communion with the Catholic Church.

    Ampliative development of doctrine II: a reply to Scott Carson Mike L 2006

  • While thickheadedness, orneriness, and bad faith can be found in Orthodoxy—as they can be anywhere else—their incidence hardly suffices to explain why the Orthodox are disinclined to restore full communion with the Catholic Church.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Mike L 2006

  • Now we were five, crowded into the tiny office, filling out police forms and documenting my thickheadedness.

    The Dead House Linda Fairstein 2001

  • Their thickheadedness irritated me, yet I could not sustain that irritation because by sending Goblin around, they had proven they wanted to understand.

    The Black Company Cook, Glen 1984

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