unintellectual

Lacking mental depth

Unintellectual describes someone or something lacking in intellectual quality or interest.

An unintellectual person shows little curiosity about ideas or abstract thought: He was pleasant but thoroughly unintellectual.

The word can also describe pursuits or environments: an unintellectual workplace, unintellectual entertainment.

It's milder than anti-intellectual, suggesting absence rather than hostility toward intellectual life.

shallow

superficial

Lacking depth or substance

shallow · vacuous · empty-headed · lightweight · unreflective · mindless · inane · jejune · banal · incurious

simplistic

unsophisticated

Lacking refinement or complexity

crude · primitive · unrefined · plain · uncomplicated · simple-minded · dull · obtuse · slow · dim

uninformed

ignorant

Lacking knowledge or awareness

untutored · illiterate · unread · unknowledgeable · unenlightened · benighted · uninstructed · inexperienced · uninitiated · unversed

Opposites
mental engagement and scholarly orientation

unintellectualintellectual

Concerning thought and reason

scholarly · academic · studious · learned · bookish

cognitive capacity and depth

unintellectualintelligent

Having mental acuity

brilliant · thoughtful · analytical · reflective · sharp-minded

Family

intelligent, intelligence, intellectual, intellect, unintelligent, intelligible, intelligentsia, intelligibly, intellectualism

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G