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How to pronounce dunce in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead
Type of dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person
Derivation duncical, duncish

Examples of dunce

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Every dunce with a laptop computer feels empowered to snuff out the dying light.
From the washingtontimes.com
Fifth-grader George Vargas models a dunce cap from the mock Colonial schoolroom.
From the washingtonpost.com
He was too much of a dunce to understand the rapidly advancing mobile technology.
From the guardian.co.uk
Capable, composed and darn-near foolproof, the GT is anything but a dynamic dunce.
From the smh.com.au
The era of corporal punishment and dunce caps is long gone in public schools.
From the timesunion.com
I think I just turned and faced a corner, like wearing a dunce cap, like in school.
From the post-gazette.com
They forced me to wear a black dunce cap and beat me with their belt buckles.
From the time.com
When they get the job, the gift bag includes a dunce cap and a seat warmer.
From the omaha.com
Is the National League Most Valuable Player also baseball's biggest dunce?
From the keepingscore.blogs.time.com
More examples
  • A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
  • (duncical) blockheaded: (used informally) stupid
  • A dunce is a person incapable of learning.
  • One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt
  • Someone who is slow at learning things or stupid.