lunkheaded

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adjective

obtuse; foolish; idiotic.

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Meanings

adjectivelunkheaded (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobtuse; foolish; idiotic.

    That was a lunkheaded trick,’ Denham told him.

    1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 83
    1 more example

    […] Andrew W. K.’s absurdly high-energy party metal (“Party Til You Puke”) comes across as either self-aware performance art or simply the most lunkheaded anthems to debauchery ever recorded.

    2008 January 18, The New York Times, “Rock & Pop Listings”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveobtuse; foolish; idiotic.

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Also see
stupid

Origin

From lunk + headed.

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Cite this entry
APA

lunkheaded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunkheaded

MLA

“lunkheaded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunkheaded. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lunkheaded,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunkheaded.

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