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mouth breather

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A person who routinely inhales and exhales through the mouth, instead of through the nose.
  2. A person who is boorish, stupid, or otherwise unattractive.
    derogatory, idiomatic, slang

Examples

“Respirations cannot be recorded by this method, if the subject is a mouth breather (as no air flows by the thermistor in the nose).”
“She's a philosophy major from Brown, now working retail at Niagara Falls, living in a trailer and working for a "mouth breather" of a boss.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

mouth breathing mouth cavity mouth cone mouth diaper mouth feel mouth harp

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