• (RP) IPA: /ˈɡɔːmləs/

gormless

1. (chiefly UK, of a person) Lacking intelligence, sense or understanding; foolish.
   • 1845 October – 1846 June​, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter XXI, in Wuthering Heights: A Novel, volume (please specify ), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, publisher, […], published December 1847, OCLC 156123328 ↗:

   • 2007 July 21, J. K. Rowling, “The Wedding, Auntie Muriel”, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter; 7), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 141:

     Hmm. Made an excuse, did he? Not as gormless as he looks in press photographs, then.

• (lacking intelligence) dull, slow, stupid; inexperienced, naive

• French: absurde, puéril
• German: dämlich
• Russian: бестолко́вый