noun
- a person who is slow to learn or understand; someone considered stupid or dull
Usage: often considered offensive
Examples
- The teacher called him a dunce for forgetting his homework again.
- She felt like a dunce when she couldn’t solve the simple math problem.
- Don’t be such a dunce – the answer is right in front of you.
- He was made to wear a dunce cap and sit in the corner.
- The other students laughed when the teacher labeled him the class dunce.
- She proved she was no dunce by graduating with honors.