noun
- a person of low intelligence; a foolish or stupid person
Usage: informal; derogatory; often considered offensive
Examples
- He acted like a halfwit when he forgot his own phone number.
- Only a halfwit would believe that obvious lie.
- Don't be such a halfwit—you had one job to do.
- She called him a halfwit after he made that ridiculous mistake.
- The character in the movie was portrayed as a bumbling halfwit.
- I felt like a halfwit for locking my keys inside the car.