as in idiot
a stupid person
wondered how long it would take the dunderheads at the head office to screw things up
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Back in 1848, being called a goose was like being called a dunderhead.
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Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024
But don't be too quick to write off these tiny critters as dunderheads.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
The story’s hero, Nat (no last name given) is a classic le Carré character, a skilled mid-level field operative in the secret British intelligence services who is underappreciated and sometimes abused by the dunderheads above him.
—Richard Lipez, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2019
Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024
But don't be too quick to write off these tiny critters as dunderheads.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
The story’s hero, Nat (no last name given) is a classic le Carré character, a skilled mid-level field operative in the secret British intelligence services who is underappreciated and sometimes abused by the dunderheads above him.
—Richard Lipez, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2019
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“Dunderhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunderhead. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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