Used in a Sentence

witless

How to use witless in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for witless.

Editorial note

The article linked to is a witless rant.

Examples20
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for witless.

Example sentences

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The article linked to is a witless rant.

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I have not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm.

3

They are scared witless by terrorists and if you guys are like the UK, paedophiles.

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I think when you have the time to write and edit your thoughts for people to read, "fuck" is witless and lazy.

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Too bad the comments are full of unadorned, witless vitrol.

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Nice, a classic example of witless fandroid drivel.

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It's a mystery how writing about such an interesting theme can be so dry and witless.

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Is HN the place for this kind of witless snobby sneering unsupported diatribe?

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For God's sake, catch up on world news or at least spare yourself embarrassment by not making such witless pronouncements.

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Being scared witless by DW at a tender age is practically a national tradition here in the UK.

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The topic is IOS 7, if you want to talk about Android start your own thread, failing that, take your witless preaching elsewhere.

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It's so witless, in fact, that when we do discover the secret, we want to rewind the film so we don't know the secret anymore.

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To save you the trouble, it's a stream of content free fanboyism and witless photoshoppery.

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That's the part I don't understand – I'd be scared witless at the thought of not having tests for anything moving money out of my accounts.

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It gets support and attention from the hordes of anti-Apple zealots out there, no matter how witless the content.

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> you're not entitled to everything everyone else hasThat is inane and witless.

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But it's no excuse for some witless profit-maximizing / revenue-stabilizing Danish corporate drone to subsume all nuance into Boy and Girl.

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But judging from literally every ex-soldier I've met, "witless alcoholism" is what defines and unifies military service.

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Hilarious really, the kind of paranoid, whining nonsense that is only taken seriously by witless Apple haters, the sort that downvoted you without comment, presumably.

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For a moment there one might have been thinking he meant atrocious actions with high death tolls against a civilian population, in which case the OP is definitely failing to understand it with his "for something no other country has ever faced", and the "spare yourself embarrassment by not making such witless pronouncements" is spot on.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use witless in a sentence?

The article linked to is a witless rant.

What does witless mean?

(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment

What part of speech is witless?

witless is commonly used as adjective.