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Witless is an English word with synonyms like senseless or stupid. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Witless in a sentence

Witless meaning

  1. Lacking wit or understanding; foolish.
  2. Indiscreet; not using clear and sound judgment.
  3. Mindless, lacking conscious thought or the capacity for it.

Synonyms of Witless

nitwitted senseless soft-witted stupid

Related words

Other words often associated with Witless or its synonyms:

unreasonable unintelligent jerky meaningless goosey thick unconscious boneheaded gooselike purposeless foolish insensible

Using Witless

  • The main meaning on this page is: Lacking wit or understanding; foolish. | Indiscreet; not using clear and sound judgment. | Mindless, lacking conscious thought or the capacity for it.
  • Useful related words include: nitwitted, senseless, soft-witted, stupid.
  • In the example corpus, witless often appears in combinations such as: and witless, witless and.

Context around Witless

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

scared 1× sometimes 1× calls 1× parliament 1× juvenile 1× hardly 1×

Often after:

sitcom 1× writing 1× problem 1× religious 1× questions 1× opportunistic 1× sidekick 1× attempt 1× fool 1× speechless 1×

Sentence patterns with Witless

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

drunk and witless and asks 2× and their witless sidekick james 1× demeanor and witless problem solving 1× format sometimes witless questions and 1× he calls witless opportunistic mockneys 1× him a witless fool and 1× in a witless sitcom part 1× juvenile witless attempt at 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a darker moodier 1× at his mother 1× but local patriotism 1× despite aiming for 1× fans will be 1× his gruff demeanor 1×

Common sentence endings:

t stop speaking 2× across the atlantic 1× and rather scared 1× and silly screenwriting 1× calling out fox 1× carry on film 1×

Words around Witless

Just before it in the word index:

witkowski 5 witkovsky 5 witkoppen 10 witkoff 3 witkin 5 witiges 3

Just after it in the word index:

witman 2 witmer 6 witmus 2 witness 3.489 witnessed 2.409 witnesses 2.753

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaon 19 abbv 19 abdalla 19 abdirahman 19 abdulmalik 19 abhimanyu 19

Corpus analysis for Witless

  • In this selection, "witless" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, scared, sometimes, calls, sitcom, writing and problem stand out and add context to how "witless" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include drunk and witless and asks and and their witless sidekick james. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "witless" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with witless

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Juvenile witless attempt at humour of the day! (8 words)

At his mother's funeral, Nero was witless, speechless and rather scared. (12 words)

They hogged two-thirds of possession and were hardly witless with their use of it. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Loki tells him to be silent, that Byggvir does not know how to apportion food among men, and that he hides among the straw and dais when men go to battle.sfn The god Heimdallr says that Loki is drunk and witless, and asks Loki why he won't stop speaking. (51 words)

However, Ebert expressed his sorrow that Revenge of the Fallen’s “human actors are in a witless sitcom part of the time, and lot of the rest of their time is spent running in slo-mo away from explosions,” and refrained from calling out Fox. (45 words)

Is his do-or-die strategy designed to scare parliament witless, to the point where any deal, however minimally different from Mrs May’s, is leapt upon with relief and passed by the increasing number of MPs who regret not voting for dear Theresa? (44 words)

Question examples

Is his do-or-die strategy designed to scare parliament witless, to the point where any deal, however minimally different from Mrs May’s, is leapt upon with relief and passed by the increasing number of MPs who regret not voting for dear Theresa? (44 words)

Exclamation examples

Juvenile witless attempt at humour of the day! (8 words)

Example sentences (15)

However, Ebert expressed his sorrow that Revenge of the Fallen’s “human actors are in a witless sitcom part of the time, and lot of the rest of their time is spent running in slo-mo away from explosions,” and refrained from calling out Fox.

A darker, moodier house, the desperate sensory-assault of its rooms is unnerving, and more than once, I was scared witless.

Despite aiming for a breezy, effortless vibe, the film was let down by poor casting and acting, as well as witless writing and silly screenwriting.

His gruff demeanor and witless problem solving led him to make a lot of very stupid decisions.

Of course, they seek out allies from an army of dim-wits and deplorable, together with some witless religious bigots from African who are cheer-leading from across the Atlantic.

But local patriotism must not blind us to the fact that even our Julie could not rescue the debate from its dreary game-show format, sometimes witless questions and the lack of actual discussion.

Fans will be pleased to know that he’s harder on his old (unnamed) enemies, Blur, whom he calls “witless, opportunistic mockneys” twisting “British life, which I saw as more akin to a Mike Leigh film, into a Carry On film”.

Is his do-or-die strategy designed to scare parliament witless, to the point where any deal, however minimally different from Mrs May’s, is leapt upon with relief and passed by the increasing number of MPs who regret not voting for dear Theresa?

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The coming-of-age comedy followed four teenage girls from and their witless sidekick James as they navigated both minor aggravations and Troubles-inflected dramas in mid-1990s Derry.

Juvenile witless attempt at humour of the day!

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) is starting to rack up a fine collection of op-eds branding him a witless fool and a Trump admin lapdog.

They hogged two-thirds of possession and were hardly witless with their use of it.

At his mother's funeral, Nero was witless, speechless and rather scared.

At one point during the exchanges, the god Heimdallr says that Loki is drunk and witless, and asks Loki why he won't stop speaking.

Loki tells him to be silent, that Byggvir does not know how to apportion food among men, and that he hides among the straw and dais when men go to battle.sfn The god Heimdallr says that Loki is drunk and witless, and asks Loki why he won't stop speaking.

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Common combinations with witless

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "witless" in a sentence?
An example: "However, Ebert expressed his sorrow that Revenge of the Fallen’s “human actors are in a witless sitcom part of the time, and lot of the rest of their time is spent running in slo-mo away from explosions,” and refrained from calling out Fox." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "witless" from authentic English texts.
What does "witless" mean?
Witless means: Lacking wit or understanding; foolish.
What are synonyms of "witless"?
Common synonyms of "witless" include: nitwitted, senseless, soft-witted, stupid.
How many example sentences with "witless" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "witless", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.