nonintelligent
Not very bright
Nonintelligent describes something lacking intelligence or the capacity for reasoning and understanding.
It most often applies to machines, systems, or processes that operate without cognitive ability or adaptive learning: The nonintelligent thermostat simply responds to temperature thresholds.
The term distinguishes basic automated functions from artificial intelligence or smart technology.
When applied to living things, it typically refers to organisms without higher mental faculties rather than serving as an insult.
Lacking edge or interest
thick · brainless · witless · foolish · vacuous · dopey · dumb · slow-witted
Operating without human control
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
- roboticStiff and unemotional
- algorithmicFollowing programmed steps
- programmedSet with instructions
artificial · unthinking · instinctive · reflexive · unconscious · nonconscious · mindless · unaware
Lacking necessary knowledge
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
uneducated · unschooled · untutored · unlearned · inexperienced · uninstructed · unversed · uninitiated
Fundamental in nature
- primitiveIn earliest form
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- elementaryOf first principles
uncomplicated · straightforward · plain · limited · restricted · undeveloped · unrefined · crude
Lacking refinement or complexity
- gullibleEasily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- ingenuousInnocently frank and trusting
- simplemindedLacking mental acuity
artless · guileless · unworldly · impressionable · trusting · unsuspecting · childlike · green
dull
Lacking edge or interest
slow · thick · brainless · witless · foolish · vacuous · dopey · dumb · slow-witted · dim-witted
automated
Operating without human control
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
- roboticStiff and unemotional
- algorithmicFollowing programmed steps
programmed · artificial · unthinking · instinctive · reflexive · unconscious · nonconscious · mindless · unaware · inanimate
uninformed
Lacking necessary knowledge
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
- obliviousLacking any awareness
unenlightened · uneducated · unschooled · untutored · unlearned · inexperienced · uninstructed · unversed · uninitiated · unacquainted
basic
Fundamental in nature
- primitiveIn earliest form
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
elementary · uncomplicated · straightforward · plain · limited · restricted · undeveloped · unrefined · crude · simplistic
unsophisticated
Lacking refinement or complexity
simpleminded · artless · guileless · unworldly · impressionable · trusting · unsuspecting · childlike · green · innocent
intelligent, intelligence, intellect, unintelligent, intelligible, unintelligible, intelligibility, intelligentsia, intelligibly