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is witless
adjective
Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment.
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Make no mistake, Back To The Shack is witless frat-boy rock of the lowest order.
12th over: Pakistan 97-2 (UmAkmalmal 9, Afridi 2) Oh dear Salman Butt, that is witless cricket as it's a WICKET!
The movie is witless, unconvincing and uninteresting and stars Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, the cheeky chappies better known as Ant and Dec ,and even better if not known at all.
When I read people telling us that this coalition government is "turning the clock back to the 1980s" because of the cuts, I know that this is witless rubbish – but I'll be honest with you, those barbs really hurt me.
And this is witless at best, uncomfortable at worst, as hard as the actors try to bring their personal appeal and geniality to the script.
In a negative review, Robert Christgau of The Village Voice felt that Shakur is "witless" when dealing with fundamental hip hop themes of persecution and accused him of "self-pity": "The subtext of his persecution complex is his self-regard".
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Which is not to say that the band was witless.
It's witless to describe a political foe's memoirs as Mein Kampf.
They are witless automatons, smiley conduits for the groundbreaking work of pop production teams.
Other scenes depend upon sight gags that are witless as well as dramatically pointless.
The most conspicuous is the muffling of Mr. Turner, an actor of wit and charm, who is here required to be witless and charmless.
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