adjective
- resembling or characteristic of a dunce; stupid or slow to learn
Usage: informal; somewhat dated
Examples
- His duncish behavior in class made it clear he hadn't studied for the test.
- She gave him a duncish look when he asked what year the Civil War ended.
- The duncish mistake of forgetting his own phone number embarrassed him.
- He felt duncish after failing such an easy question.
- That was a duncish thing to say at the meeting.