(chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, of a person) Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.
But Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own silly little lives that they failed to notice anything unusual about their daughter.
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