smartlessness

Noun

1. The state or quality of not being smart (intelligent).
   • I was not smart. […] (Now, I thank God for my "smartlessness" which paved the way to study Sanskrit language. […] - 1991, Joseph Padinjarekara, “Acknowledgements”, in Christ in Ancient Vedas, Burlington, Ont. Canada:...
   • But Donnie doesn't look smart. You can spot his smartlessness twelve miles away, like a throbbing neon sign. - 2006, Michelle Tea, chapter 1, in Rose of No Man's Land, review copy edition, San Francisco, CA:...
   • And it was that smartlessness that partly sank Saul as king of Israel. Some could consider it as scandalous smartlessness or 'scondrelous' smartlessness. - 2021, Rev Emmanuel Oghene-Emmanuel, Regrettable Relatives,...