Lucky for the nerds, these dim-witted monsters don't have any smarts!
Played mainly for comic relief, he was normally portrayed as fat, dim-witted and gullible; a stereotype clueless flatfoot of the period.
The subject is not insane, dim-witted or monomaniacal, nor were these conditions achieved while incarcerated.
Irma is a somewhat dim-witted blonde who deep down has good intentions.
In her first appearance she was portrayed as a sweet but dim-witted character having a problem with constantly sleeping with men.
Lurking nearby is a sinister cat who gains the confidence of a dim-witted mouse.
She is dim-witted and naive but also sweet-natured and very endearing.
But they have to speak loudly, and the one dim-witted guard who was left outside the door bursts in.