"nitwit" meaning in All languages combined

See nitwit on Wiktionary

Noun [Nederlands]

Audio: nl-nitwit.ogg Forms: nitwits [plural], nitwitje [diminutive, singular], nitwitjes [diminutive, plural]
  1. onwetende sukkel met weinig kennis van zaken Tags: pejorative
    Sense id: nl-nitwit-nl-noun-PmFSaaDM Categories (other): Scheldwoord_in_het_Nederlands
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    "Leenwoord uit het Engels, in de betekenis van ‘die niets weet’ voor het eerst aangetroffen in 1971"
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          "text": "Het gezicht van Wall Street is geen genadeloze wolf, geen kapitalistische nitwit, geen op hol slaand algoritme, maar een clown. Veel fijner naar te kijken dan de realiteit. (Arjen van Veelen NRC 25 januari 2016)"
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