lack-mind

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

lack +‎ sense

Noun[edit]

lack-mind (plural lack-minds)

  1. (archaic, derogatory) An unintelligent person.
    • 1887, Henry Knollys, “A Typhoon.—Nagasaki and Kobe.”, in Sketches of Life in Japan[1], page 17:
      Let us not imitate the lazy indifference of those lack-minds who visit in succession half a dozen wondrous new ports in the Far East, and whose stagnant curiosity is satisfied by staring over the ship's side and evaporating their brains in clouds of tobacco.

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