DUNCE


Meaning of DUNCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dʌns ]

( dunces)

If you say that someone is a dunce , you think they are rather stupid because they find it difficult or impossible to learn what someone is trying to teach them.

Michael may have been a dunce at mathematics, but he was gifted at languages.

N-COUNT [ disapproval ]

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