UNINTELLIGENT Synonyms: 161 Similar and Opposite Words

unintelligent

adjective

ˌən-in-ˈte-lə-jənt

Definition of unintelligent

as in dumb

not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily you're not unintelligent, so you must just be stubbornly resisting all attempts to teach you something

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Recent Examples of unintelligent Still, Hassett called the report biased and unintelligent. — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026 The life of an unattractive and unintelligent young woman living in a dreary backwater in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. — New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 More and more people are avoiding dating or befriending those with opposing political views, and growing numbers describe those on the other side as closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent. — Justin Callais, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026 More and more people are avoiding dating or befriending those with opposing political views, and growing numbers describe those on the other side as closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent. — Justin Callais, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unintelligent

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintelligent

Adjective

The State’s humor is an interesting mixture of extremely dumb and self-aware.

— Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 July 2026
Mayhem comes to a coastal New England town in the form of a killer shark who hunts anybody dumb enough to get in the water.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of dumb

Adjective

As for the volunteers, the goal is simple—help someone stay safe before the heat turns into an emergency.

— Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Evidence for at-home tools is thinner than for professional manual drainage, but the simplest options can offer mild circulation and surface-lymph support at a low price.

— Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

Definition of simple

Adjective

Let’s hope that George Santayana’s warning to those ignorant of history about the past repeating itself makes an exception for our present Defense Department.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
And then there are amateur collectors like me, who might not know ironstone from porcelain, but whose last day on earth could be spent touching old objects in ignorant bliss.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2026