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Definition of "dunce" [dunce]

  • A stupid person; a dolt. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dunce" in a sentence
  • "If we're paying for two failed stadiums as the years roll on Randy, Sam and Dan will be in dunce caps in their official portraits."
  • "I watched bush mutilate the english language, lie, make sht up, and just be himself for eight years (freakin dunce)."
  • "In other words, a dunce is ... a hyper-specialized professor, the very same type of person graduate schools tend to churn out intentionally."