dunderheaded

C2 Topic:Describing People

Also spelled dunder-headed

US /ˌdʌndɚˈhɛdɪd/ UK /ˌdʌndəˈhɛdɪd/
adj Freq #250681

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    old-fashioned: very stupid or foolish

    The dunderheaded scheme failed because no one had checked the basic figures.

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Synonyms
1 adj · old-fashioned: very stupid... stupidfoolishblockheadedaddlepated
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Word family
Derived forms dunderheadedness
Related forms dunderheadblockheaddunce

Etymology

Formed from dunder + headed, alongside dunderhead, 'a stupid person.' Dunder may be related to an obsolete Scots word for a loud or resounding noise, though the compound's deeper development is uncertain.

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