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PRONUNCIATION OF DUNDERHEADEDNESS

dunderheadedness  [ˈdʌndəˌhɛdɪdnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUNDERHEADEDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dunderheadedness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DUNDERHEADEDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dunderheadedness in the English dictionary

The definition of dunderheadedness in the dictionary is the qualities of a dunderhead.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DUNDERHEADEDNESS


bigheadedness
ˌbɪɡˈhɛdɪdnəs
blockheadedness
ˌblɒkˈhɛdɪdnəs
boundedness
ˈbaʊndɪdnəs
crowdedness
ˈkraʊdɪdnəs
fatheadedness
ˌfætˈhɛdɪdnəs
heavy-handedness
ˌhevɪˈhændɪdnəs
high-handedness
ˌhaɪˈhændɪdnəs
hot-headedness
ˌhɒtˈhɛdɪdnəs
left-handedness
ˌlɛftˈhændɪdnəs
level-headedness
ˌlɛvəlˈhɛdɪdnəs
light-headedness
ˌlaɪtˈhɛdɪdnəs
long-headedness
ˌlɒŋˈhɛdɪdnəs
muddleheadedness
ˌmʌdəlˈhɛdɪdnəs
one-sidedness
ˌwʌnˈsaɪdɪdnəs
pinheadedness
ˈpɪnˌhɛdɪdnəs
roundheadedness
ˌraʊndˈhɛdɪdnəs
soft-headedness
ˌsɒftˈhɛdɪdnəs
thickheadedness
ˌθɪkˈhɛdɪdnəs
woodenheadedness
ˈwʊdənˌhɛdɪdnəs
wrong-headedness
ˌrɒŋˈhɛdɪdnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUNDERHEADEDNESS

dunch
duncical
duncish
duncishly
Dundalk
Dundee
Dundee cake
dunder
dunderfunk
dunderhead
dunderheaded
dunderheadism
dunderpate
Dundonian
dundrearies
dune
dune buggy
Dunedin
duneland
dunelike

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUNDERHEADEDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
business
fondness
goodness
hardness
indebtedness
kindness
loudness
madness
mindedness
oddness
preparedness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness
wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of dunderheadedness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dunderheadedness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DUNDERHEADEDNESS

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The translations of dunderheadedness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dunderheadedness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dunderheadedness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dunderheadedness
570 millions of speakers

English

dunderheadedness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dunderheadedness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dunderheadedness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

dunderheadedness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dunderheadedness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dunderheadedness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dunderheadedness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dunderheadedness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dunderheadedness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dunderheadedness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dunderheadedness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dunderheadedness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dunderheadedness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dunderheadedness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धडधडीतपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dunderheadedness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dunderheadedness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dunderheadedness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dunderheadedness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dunderheadedness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dunderheadedness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dunderheadedness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dunderheadedness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dunderheadedness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dunderheadedness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DUNDERHEADEDNESS»

The term «dunderheadedness» is used very little and occupies the 159.736 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DUNDERHEADEDNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dunderheadedness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dunderheadedness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dunderheadedness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUNDERHEADEDNESS»

Discover the use of dunderheadedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dunderheadedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett.
Alice Schroeder, 2008
2
Sunset
What with fire-hose and general dunderheadedness it has ac uired dramatic proportions, and the Pacific Coast has, in consequence of the dunderheadedness, not of the unem loyment, received a black eye; but it wil not happen again. Let me ...
3
Ideas Are Weapons: The History and Uses of Ideas
The institutional restraints and lags which hem in the development of actual legal systems do not operate so effectively to check the growth of intellectual systems seeking to explain them. The passion for justice or the dunderheadedness of the  ...
Max Lerner, 1943
4
Car Camping
It's a place far from the America you thought you lived in, but close enough to drive to in your car. Car Camping is a modern-day western adventure in the spirit of Mark Twain and Jack London, and you're invited to come along.
Mark Sundeen, 2005
5
Sneaky People: A Novel
The time is the 1930s.
Thomas Berger, 2005
6
A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life
... comin' for. Losin' baggage, an' everything. We 'd . enough sight better ha' stayed at Plymouth. An' if it had n't 'a' ben for your dunderheadedness, givin' 72 LESLIE GOLDTHWAITE.
Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, 1893
7
Bobby Joe Burns, Gigsy and God: Stories from Earth
The guidelines were a remarkable book of ambiguities and dunderheadedness; only a few examples of the undefined phrases used to raise the assessment of dangerousness will suffice: “certain features of the psychological assessment,” ...
Greg Karber, 2010
8
Joseph Hergesheimer: An Essay in Interpretation
Rather must it perforce content me to believe that the Joseph Hergesheimer who has made head against the fourteen years of neglect and apparent failure, without ever arranging any very serious compromise with human dunderheadedness ...
James Branch Cabell, 1921
9
Voyages of Discovery: A Manly Adventure in the Lands Down Under
Fortunately, my guide somewhat takes into account the dunderheadedness of a budding birdologist, though perhaps not quite as much as it ought to. For example, the first step in birdwatching is to identify the family of the bird in question.
Ken Ewell, 2004
10
the st.james's magazine
... the utmost, avoiding as much as possible any lapse into that dunderheadedness of which the supreme domestic authority accuses me whenever I try to exhibit myself — " show off " is the abrupt phrase used on such occasions. At all events ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUNDERHEADEDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dunderheadedness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Giants fall to Marlins, 5-3
The last part says that a mental mistake combined with a physical misplay was pure dunderheadedness, and it should have been scored as ... «McCovey Chronicles, Jun 15»
2
Bernie Sanders 1972: Men fantasize about abusing women, women …
... sort of curio of youthful dunderheadedness. He's positioned himself as the most ostentatiously left-wing member of the Senate; he's running, ... «Hot Air, May 15»
3
Fellow goof-ups, let's invest smarter
The latest measure of our dunderheadedness comes from Dalbar, the investment firm evaluation company in Boston. “In 2014, the average ... «STLtoday.com, Apr 15»
4
Clickworthy: Spacing out
The next time you find yourself more beset than usual by bad luck or extreme dunderheadedness, do your self-confidence a favor and visit ... «Boston Globe, Feb 15»
5
Seattle Police Department gives entirely new meaning to 'overtime'
Speaking of Incompetence: It's a high bar, but a new level of local political dunderheadedness may well have been established by the ... «The Seattle Times, Oct 14»
6
'Flirting With French,' by William Alexander
... (“A Room With a Veau”), but in the author's amiable dunderheadedness as he delves into the culture, with all its confounding contradictions. «New York Times, Oct 14»
7
Doctor Scroggy's War, Shakespeare's Globe, review: 'big, warm …
The folly of British optimism is guyed, the dunderheadedness of military strategy, too; English and French army chiefs gas away in mutual ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
8
The forgotten story of … Rangers' 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup …
Rangers were out of the competition. Except that Rangers weren't out of the competition; in a quite magnificent display of dunderheadedness, ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
9
Catching up with 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey': The …
... bankruptcy fraud, tax evasion and just general dunderheadedness. It seems there might be some truth to the allegations because in February ... «Chron.com, Aug 14»
10
IGN AU Pubcast Episode 95: Great Southern Land
... of Kinect, and talk Mario Kart 8, Moon Mirror E.P., Grid Autosport, Far Cry 4, the dunderheadedness of the Australian government and more! «Ve3d.com, May 14»

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