The company is run by a bunch of dullards.
often mistaken for a dullard because he never said much in discussions
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The dullard cousin of the repetition family is redundancy, that almost onomatopoeic term for needless recapitulation.—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025 Well, that did not stop this throng of dullards from cheering and clapping.—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024 That’s a fine and appealing tone that builds (again) on a long tradition: Many a detective in the genre is known for easily outperforming the police, who tend to be depicted as well-meaning but overworked dullards.—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024 They must get struck, bent, broken and shoved into the flames to mold the boy into a man, the dullard into a dagger.—Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for dullard
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