Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
soft-witted is an adjective meaning "(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment". It carries one recorded sense.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for soft-witted come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.