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• n  a stupid incompetent person

• Why bother to make yourself into a silly nitwit when the folks at Redstate are lining up to do it instead? You can still make your point and let them take the hit.
• Peter is annoying, but he's not a nitwit, a cheater or a criminal.
• The only nitwit I see here is the writer.

• dimwit
• half-wit
• doofus

News & Articles

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• Brown Dog: Novellas
  The adventures of Brown Dog, Jim Harrison's 'wonderful backwoods nitwit,' are collected in one rollicking set of linked tales.
  Jan. 20, 2014 - The Christian Science Monitor

Quotes

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• Marjorie Harris in Daily Gleaner
  It's how you present yourself. It doesn't matter what country I have been in I have found that if I present myself as this cheerful nitwit who loves being where I am people are really happy to help,says Harris.
• Harry M Miller in NEWS.com.au
  It's always difficult representing young people,said Harry M. Miller. "But her management team has been great. She'sa great kid - she's not a lollypop-licking nitwit."
• Bill Parcells in San Jose Mercury News
  That's the way this landscape is in pro football now,coach Bill Parcells said. "That's the way it is. Only a nitwit would believe (the hype). At this point. So I don't think I have any nitwits on my team."