Dunce is an English word with synonyms like dunderhead or simpleton. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dunce meaning
An unintelligent person.
Synonyms of Dunce
Using Dunce
- The main meaning on this page is: An unintelligent person.
- Useful related words include: dunderhead, simpleton, fuckhead, dumbass.
Context around Dunce
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dunce
- In this selection, "dunce" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, political, cap, set and committee stand out and add context to how "dunce" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dunce is an and a political dunce who was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dunce" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dunce
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A dunce is an idiot who is specifically incapable of learning. (11 words)
Shakespeare, no dunce, set his history plays among the long-gone and largely forgotten. (14 words)
Remember when George W. Bush was thought of as a dunce, a manipulated puppet of the rich and powerful? (19 words)
I understand if such a long, late letter doesn't run this week, but if I send in another letter and they both run at once, why not label the second one “Dunce II” instead of ps which my second letter that ran 6/21 really wasn 't? (48 words)
Mary Jo was not the lead investigator in the Zeke case, she was one of the three-dunce committee that disregarded the lead investigators findings in order to fulfill Goodell’s predetermined outcome. (33 words)
Instead, she used AI to create 50 alternative album covers featuring Ariel as a spin instructor, garden gnome in a dunce cap, as a roll of toilet paper, and other ridiculous representations. (32 words)
I understand if such a long, late letter doesn't run this week, but if I send in another letter and they both run at once, why not label the second one “Dunce II” instead of ps which my second letter that ran 6/21 really wasn 't? (48 words)
Remember when George W. Bush was thought of as a dunce, a manipulated puppet of the rich and powerful? (19 words)
Example sentences (8)
Instead, she used AI to create 50 alternative album covers featuring Ariel as a spin instructor, garden gnome in a dunce cap, as a roll of toilet paper, and other ridiculous representations.
Shakespeare, no dunce, set his history plays among the long-gone and largely forgotten.
I understand if such a long, late letter doesn't run this week, but if I send in another letter and they both run at once, why not label the second one “Dunce II” instead of ps which my second letter that ran 6/21 really wasn 't?
Mary Jo was not the lead investigator in the Zeke case, she was one of the three-dunce committee that disregarded the lead investigators findings in order to fulfill Goodell’s predetermined outcome.
Remember when George W. Bush was thought of as a dunce, a manipulated puppet of the rich and powerful?
A dunce is an idiot who is specifically incapable of learning.
Decius despises Pompey as a glory-seeker and credit-grabber, while acknowledging that he is a political dunce who was eventually swept up into the optimates feud with Caesar.
Sometimes he appears with a frilled collaret and a hat, usually with a close-fitting crown and wide round brim, more rarely with a conical shape like a dunce's cap.