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dumb
[duhm]
adjective
lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
lacking the power of speech (offensive when applied to humans).
a dumb animal.
temporarily unable to speak.
dumb with astonishment.
refraining from any or much speech; silent.
made, done, etc., without speech.
lacking some usual property, characteristic, etc.
performed in pantomime; mimed.
Computers.Ìýpertaining to the inability to do processing locally.
A dumb terminal can input, output, and display data, but cannot process it.
Nautical.Ìý
(of a barge) without means of propulsion.
(of any craft) without means of propulsion, steering, or signaling.
verb phrase
InformalÌýto make or become less intellectual, simpler, or less sophisticated.
to dumb down a textbook; American movies have dumbed down.
dumb
/ »åÊŒ³¾ /
adjective
lacking the power to speak, either because of defects in the vocal organs or because of hereditary deafness
lacking the power of human speech
dumb animals
temporarily lacking or bereft of the power to speak
struck dumb
refraining from speech; uncommunicative
producing no sound; silent
a dumb piano
made, done, or performed without speech
informalÌý
slow to understand; dim-witted
foolish; stupid See also dumb down
(of a projectile or bomb) not guided to its target
Sensitive Note
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- dumbly adverb
- dumbness noun
- quasi-dumb adjective
- quasi-dumbly adverb
- ˈ»å³Ü³¾²ú²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ˈ»å³Ü³¾²ú±ô²â adverb
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of dumb1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of dumb1
Example Sentences
Yusuf resigned suddenly from the role on Thursday, shortly after saying it was "dumb" for new Reform MP Sarah Pochin to call on the prime minister to ban the burka.
It was the prelapsarian age of the dumb phone, when we weren’t all taking photos of everything all the time and paparazzi were commanding six figures for shots of Angelina Jolie’s baby bump.
The following day Yusuf, who is a Muslim, posted on X: "I do think it's dumb for a party to ask the PM if they would do something the party itself wouldn't do".
This concept is not new: The Greek philosopher Socrates was afraid that the invention of writing would make humans dumber because we wouldn’t exercise our memory as much.
I’m sorry for posing such dumb questions, especially since the answer to all of them is “kind of.â€
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