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as in hulk
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
they looked like a tribe of Neanderthals compared to the bridegroom's patrician-looking family
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as in barbarian
a man with crude manners and habits and outmoded attitudes
made the mistake of dining with some Neanderthal who repeatedly mistook his shirtsleeve for a napkin
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or Neandertal
as in rude
not civilized
her boyfriend's Neanderthal tastes and manners were often embarrassing
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Recent Examples of Neanderthal
Simon Hill, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
In a separate study, researchers tracked signs of Neanderthal in our genetic code over 50,000 years.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Related article Scientists reveal the face of a Neanderthal who lived 75,000 years ago
However, there is still much scientists don’t know.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Radiocarbon dating of bone fragments from Ranis, Germany, were shown to have 2.9% Neanderthal ancestry, which the authors believe occurred from a single mixing event common among all non-African individuals.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Poetry for Neanderthals for $25: Every card has a word, and your seemingly simple task is to get your team to correctly guess it within the time limit by speaking in single syllables only.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
In a separate study, researchers tracked signs of Neanderthal in our genetic code over 50,000 years.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Related article Scientists reveal the face of a Neanderthal who lived 75,000 years ago
However, there is still much scientists don’t know.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Radiocarbon dating of bone fragments from Ranis, Germany, were shown to have 2.9% Neanderthal ancestry, which the authors believe occurred from a single mixing event common among all non-African individuals.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for Neanderthal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Neanderthal
Noun
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Kadyrov’s fighters were instrumental in the final assault on Donetsk Airport in January, having fought for months to capture the wrecked hulk of buildings that once made up the passenger terminals.—
Nicholas Waller,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2015
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There were literal piles of dead and mangled Russians around the smoldering hulks.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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Lucius comes into his uneasy heritage after defeat in the erroneous homeland where he is considered a barbarian.—
Armond White,
National Review,
6 Dec. 2024
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Given the dearth of direct evidence for stimulant use among the barbarians of Europe, the researchers decided to look for indirect clues.—
Jason Fields,
Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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To chastise you for attending to his mistake and then act as though your laundry were now tainted is rude and hypocritical.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2025
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The Joella deluge begins when Lana calls her out at the beginning of the episode for being rude during Untucked about her song.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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Just in time for Christmas, certain members of Congress are hard at work in their policy shops, fashioning a massive lump of cybersecurity coal with which to gift American users of electronic devices.—
David Williams,
National Review,
26 Dec. 2024
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Ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe pulled up alongside a dusty, icy lump the size of a mountain.—
Elise Cutts,
WIRED,
22 Dec. 2024
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Within days, groups like Best Friend, Santa Barbara Humane and the San Diego Humane Society began taking away the animals in an effort to open up more floor space at the facility.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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For those unable to make it to Washington, the Giant Panda Cam, a feed of 40 cameras spread out across the animals’ habitat, will broadcast live between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Dec. 2022
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
27 Dec. 2022
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Of course, there was at least one huge financial loser in all of this: insurance companies.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
23 Jan. 2025
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That merely raises the dangerous specter of future lawless conduct by other poor losers and undermines the rule of law.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Much like the iconic caveman from Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, Hollins went barefoot and sported a blue necktie and a short-sleeve, leopard-print loincloth with a jagged hemline.—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
12 Jan. 2025
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The following story might irritate male supremacists and cavemen everywhere.—
David Whitley,
The Tennessean,
30 Jan. 2024
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“Neanderthal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Neanderthal. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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