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gormless
adjective
[ ˈɡɔːmləs ]
• lacking sense or initiative; foolish.
• "a constantly grinning, rather gormless boy"
Origin:
mid 18th century (originally as gaumless ): from dialect gaum ‘understanding’ (from Old Norse gaumr ‘care, heed’) + -less.