nitwit
A scatterbrained or stupid personA scatterbrained or stupid person.
» I don't know what that nitwit could see.
Ich weiß nicht, was dieser Trottel hat sehen können. — Sudajaengi
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1 senses(informal)A scatterbrained or stupid person.
Schwachkopf, Dummkopf
a stupid incompetent person
Examples
20 sentencesI don't know what that nitwit could see.
deIch weiß nicht, was dieser Trottel hat sehen können. — Sudajaengi
Don't listen to him, he's a complete nitwit.
She's always making foolish decisions; she's a real nitwit.
I can't stand his nitwit comments; they're so ignorant.
Rodrigo's nitwit policies are detrimental to the country's progress.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
First attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from German nit, dialect form of nFirst attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from German nit, dialect form of nichts (“nothing”), or Yiddish ניט (nit), dialect form of נישט (nisht, “no”), although some dictionaries give the alternative etymology nit (“louse egg; something very small”) + wit.
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Forms
plural: nitwitsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a stupid incompetent person:half-wit