unintelligent

«unintelligent» in Mova's school dictionary: Not clever; not showing good thinking or understanding — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (unintelligent)

meaning for a pupil

1) Not clever; not showing good thinking or understanding. tree →

2) (of a choice or action) Not sensible. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in formal or polite writing instead of rude words. In stories, a character may make an unintelligent decision. It is a judgement about thinking, and calling a person unintelligent is unkind.

examples

• It was an unintelligent move to leave the door unlocked. tree →
• Robots in old films seemed unintelligent and clumsy. tree →
• Don't call anyone unintelligent; everyone learns at their own pace. tree →
• Copying the wrong answers was unintelligent. tree →
• The plan was not unintelligent, just unlucky. tree →
• Some people wrongly think animals are unintelligent. tree →

note

Takes «an». Ruder everyday words exist (stupid, thick); all are unkind about people. Not the same as «ignorant» (not knowing something). Opposite: intelligent, clever.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unintelligent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.