doltishness

Doltishness was a subterfuge to throw enemy outsiders off balance.

One impetus for building these more sensitive computers is widespread frustration with the doltishness of present models.

Hair in the ears, that indicates doltishness and animalism.

Vrakk realized then the priest was not going to be bullied, so he let a practiced facade of doltishness slide over his features.

Yes, Homer has occasionally slipped from sweet doltishness into crude idiocy -Marge, what's the number for 911?"

Mr. Lansbury has an amiable, offhand manner that overcomes Brat's doltishness.

Add the fact that Trinidad in 1950 - the play's time line - had not yet gained independence, and the rampant doltishness and superstitiousness of the villagers take on a handy political resonance.

Grant took it in good-humored silence, forcing a smile at his own expense, thinking that he hadn't encountered such doltishness since he'd said good-bye to Raoul Tavalera on the old Roberts.

And, therefore, we have to say loudly that the exploitation by the banks of the new rules which have been introduced in the euro area in order to increase their profits at the expense of our citizens is blatant doltishness.

But Boyle's scorn for man's "doltishness, racism, unconsciousness toward the environment and history, gluttony and greed" is coupled with a febrile interest in the etiology of those flaws; he is that rare cynic who remains alive to the world.

But all this is merely an ornate frame for the surgically realized doltishness of Mr. Foley and Mr. McColl, not to mention Mr. Jones, whose assets as a harmonica-playing human spark plug should not be underestimated.

The third element in what becomes a romantic triangle is Tom Grunick, whose slight doltishness is conveyed masterfully by William Hurt (in one scene, Mr. Hurt even eats in a slow-witted way), but who is never a simple target.

Two gossiping widows, Catherine and Fanchette, poke fun at the doltishness of Guillot, but when he receives a letter from his uncle telling him about treasure that may be found under the great tree when the evening church bells peal the two women determine to win Guillot's hand.