"nice-but-dim" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From nice + but + dim, popularised by the character Tim Nice-But-Dim on Harry Enfield's Television Programme.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2001, Andrew Morton, Posh & Becks, page 190",
          "text": "[…] he was worried that Michael Parkinson might ask him questions with long words that he wouldn't understand, no doubt fearing a resurgence of the “nice-but-dim” taunts that had all too often come his way.",
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          "ref": "2002 July 23, John Crace, The Guardian",
          "text": "While there was always a touch of the caricature about the Sandhurst cadet as the nice-but-dim public schoolboy, there was also a significant measure of truth.",
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          "ref": "2007, Joe Studwell, Asian Godfathers, page 169",
          "text": "The main difference in Hong Kong was that 1997 witnessed a transition from colonial rule to government by tycoon, as the nice-but-dim shipping heir Tung Chee-hwa became the territory's first chief executive.",
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        "Good-natured, while also being rather unintelligent."
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        "(UK, colloquial) Good-natured, while also being rather unintelligent."
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  "etymology_text": "From nice + but + dim, popularised by the character Tim Nice-But-Dim on Harry Enfield's Television Programme.",
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        "(UK, colloquial) Good-natured, while also being rather unintelligent."
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