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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Lacking the power or faculty of speech: aphonic, inarticulate, mute, speechless, voiceless. See WORDS. 2. Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak, as from shock or fear: inarticulate, mum, mute, silent, speechless, voiceless, wordless. See WORDS. 3. Lacking in intelligence: blockheaded, dense, doltish, hebetudinous, obtuse, stupid, thickheaded, thick-witted. Informal : thick. Slang : dimwitted, dopey. See ABILITY.
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