numbskulled
Lacking basic sense
Numbskulled means stupid or dim-witted, describing someone who acts as though their skull contains nothing capable of thought.
The word functions as an adjective form of numbskull: a numbskulled decision, some numbskulled driver cut me off.
Also spelled numskull and numskulled.
Lacking good sense
- idioticExtremely lacking intelligence
- dimwittedLacking mental acuity
- dumbWitless or mute
- brainlessDevoid of intelligence
thickheaded · boneheaded · blockheaded · doltish · witless · dense · moronic · imbecilic
Lacking necessary knowledge
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
- benightedMorally or intellectually dark
- unschooledLacking formal instruction
unknowing · unlearned · untutored · unversed · empty-headed · ill-informed · know-nothing · uneducated
Lacking mental quickness
- thickHaving great depth
- dull-wittedSlow to comprehend
- uncomprehendingLacking grasp of meaning
- denseClosely packed together
dim · bovine · stolid · imperceptive · sluggish · lumpish · oafish · cloddish
Lacking knowledge of something
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- unmindfulLacking awareness or attention
- inattentiveNot paying attention
- unseeingLacking visual perception
blind · deaf · insensible · unobservant · unwitting · incognizant · thoughtless · careless
foolish
Lacking good sense
brainless · thickheaded · boneheaded · blockheaded · doltish · witless · dense · moronic · imbecilic · asinine
uninformed
Lacking necessary knowledge
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
- benightedMorally or intellectually dark
unschooled · unknowing · unlearned · untutored · unversed · empty-headed · ill-informed · know-nothing · uneducated · incurious
slow-witted
Lacking mental quickness
- thickHaving great depth
- dull-wittedSlow to comprehend
- uncomprehendingLacking grasp of meaning
dense · dim · bovine · stolid · imperceptive · sluggish · lumpish · oafish · cloddish · dunderheaded
unaware
Lacking knowledge of something
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- unmindfulLacking awareness or attention
- inattentiveNot paying attention
unseeing · blind · deaf · insensible · unobservant · unwitting · incognizant · thoughtless · careless · negligent