adjective
- lacking intelligence or good judgment; foolish or silly
Usage: informal; often considered offensive when applied to people with intellectual disabilities
Examples
- His halfwitted comment made everyone at the meeting groan.
- That was a halfwitted decision to make without thinking it through.
- She gave a halfwitted excuse for being late to class.
- The halfwitted scheme fell apart within minutes.
- He made a halfwitted attempt to fix the computer and made it worse.
- That halfwitted remark showed he wasn't paying attention.