woodenheaded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woodenheaded
Adjective
  • This layer also contains Earth’s oceanic crust — a thinner and denser layer below the oceans — and the continental crust that sits above this layer.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The good news As solar cycle 25 is set to weaken soon, the high-energy proton soup around the planet will soon get denser again.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • See the previous discussion of economists, and their horridly obtuse belief that war grows the economy.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The dismissals were compelled by twin obtuse opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in the Department of Justice issued in 1973 and 2000.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • With little interest among Americans for acquiring the territory, Rogers said the Trump administration would be unwise to continue its talk about increasing the U.S. military presence without agreement with allies.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
  • But narrowing the range of acceptable opinions is an unwise course, one that disserves and underestimates our readers.
    Ruth Marcus, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Woodenheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woodenheaded. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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