"witless" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "witful"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "witless wonder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "witlessly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "witlessness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "witles"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English witles",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "witlēas",
        "4": "",
        "5": "senseless; witless"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English witlēas (“senseless; witless”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*witjalausaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "witless"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *witjalausaz (“witless”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wit",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "wit + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "vettlös",
        "3": "",
        "4": "senseless; witless; wild"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish vettlös (“senseless; witless; wild”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "vitlaus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "senseless; witless; foolish; mad"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic vitlaus (“senseless; witless; foolish; mad”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English witles, from Old English witlēas (“senseless; witless”), from Proto-Germanic *witjalausaz (“witless”), equivalent to wit + -less. Cognate with Swedish vettlös (“senseless; witless; wild”), Icelandic vitlaus (“senseless; witless; foolish; mad”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more witless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most witless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "witless (comparative more witless, superlative most witless)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Lacking wit or understanding; foolish."
      ],
      "id": "en-witless-en-adj-hsqzga~Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "wit",
          "wit"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding"
        ],
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "glupav",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "глупав"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tǎp",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "тъп"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "desentenimentat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "järjetön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "älytön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "stupide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uč̣ḳuo",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "უჭკუო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ugunuri",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "უგუნური"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "suleluri",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "სულელური"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "geistfrei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "sinnfrei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "hirnlos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "dumm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "blöde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 8",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bi-xerad",
          "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
          "word": "بیخرد"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 88 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 69 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -less",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indiscreet; not using clear and sound judgment."
      ],
      "id": "en-witless-en-adj-DO7UO-wL",
      "links": [
        [
          "Indiscreet",
          "indiscreet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Mindless, lacking conscious thought or the capacity for it."
      ],
      "id": "en-witless-en-adj-H2c7uiCb",
      "links": [
        [
          "Mindless",
          "mindless"
        ],
        [
          "conscious",
          "conscious"
        ],
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
        [
          "capacity",
          "capacity"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "witless"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "witful"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms suffixed with -less"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "witless wonder"
    },
    {
      "word": "witlessly"
    },
    {
      "word": "witlessness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "witles"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English witles",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "witlēas",
        "4": "",
        "5": "senseless; witless"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English witlēas (“senseless; witless”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*witjalausaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "witless"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *witjalausaz (“witless”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wit",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "wit + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "vettlös",
        "3": "",
        "4": "senseless; witless; wild"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish vettlös (“senseless; witless; wild”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "vitlaus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "senseless; witless; foolish; mad"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic vitlaus (“senseless; witless; foolish; mad”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English witles, from Old English witlēas (“senseless; witless”), from Proto-Germanic *witjalausaz (“witless”), equivalent to wit + -less. Cognate with Swedish vettlös (“senseless; witless; wild”), Icelandic vitlaus (“senseless; witless; foolish; mad”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more witless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most witless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "witless (comparative more witless, superlative most witless)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Lacking wit or understanding; foolish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wit",
          "wit"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding"
        ],
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Indiscreet; not using clear and sound judgment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Indiscreet",
          "indiscreet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Mindless, lacking conscious thought or the capacity for it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mindless",
          "mindless"
        ],
        [
          "conscious",
          "conscious"
        ],
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
        [
          "capacity",
          "capacity"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glupav",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "глупав"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tǎp",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "тъп"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "desentenimentat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "järjetön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "älytön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "stupide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uč̣ḳuo",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "უჭკუო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ugunuri",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "უგუნური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "suleluri",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "სულელური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "geistfrei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "sinnfrei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "hirnlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "dumm"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "blöde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi-xerad",
      "sense": "Without wit or understanding",
      "word": "بیخرد"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witless"
}