witless

Meanings

• adjective

  Lacking intelligence or common sense; foolish.

• adjective

  Having or showing a lack of wit or intellectual capacity.

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Antonyms

witful

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with witless
foolish , useless , clueless , mindless

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Variants

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witless , witlessly , witlessness , witlessnesses

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Etymology

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Old English wytelas, from wytel, wise + -less.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'witless' is often used interchangeably with the term 'foolish'.

2. In some legal contexts, a 'witless' person is one who is unable to testify due to mental incapacity or lack of intelligence.

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Related Concepts

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1. Foolishness: A state of being foolish or lacking common sense.

2. Unintelligent: Lacking the ability to understand or learn.

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Culture

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The term 'witless' has been used in various literary works, such as 'Macbeth' by William Shakespeare, where the character Lady Macbeth refers to her husband as 'a beast that wants discourse of a wit' when he becomes uncontrollable and inhumane.

How to Memorize "witless"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person behaving in a foolish manner, lacking common sense or intelligence.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'witless' with the image of a person who is unintelligent or lacks common sense.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the phrase 'WIT-less' to remember that the word means lacking intelligence or common sense.

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