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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. pertaining to the inability to do processing locally: Compare intelligent ( def 4 ).
A dumb terminal can input, output, and display data, but cannot process it.
- Nautical.
- (of a barge) without means of propulsion.
- (of any craft) without means of propulsion, steering, or signaling.
verb phrase
- Informal. to make or become less intellectual, simpler, or less sophisticated:
to dumb down a textbook; American movies have dumbed down.
dumb
/ dʌm /
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
- informal.
- slow to understand; dim-witted
- foolish; stupid See also dumb down
- (of a projectile or bomb) not guided to its target
Sensitive Note
Derived Forms
- ˈdumbness, noun
- ˈdumbly, adverb
Other Words From
- dumb·ly adverb
- dumb·ness noun
- qua·si-dumb adjective
- qua·si-dumb·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of dumb1
Word History and Origins
Origin of dumb1
Example Sentences
Law enforcement really just said, “You know, this is a dumb woman, and she’s the only one that got screwed over, and it’s just not that important.”
It seems dumb to walk away from something I’m relatively successful at when I’m not qualified to do anything else, especially right now.
In some ways, paintings portraits is really dumb and painting portraits of hundreds of people is ridiculous.
The dumbest way ever to secretly benefit a campaign contributor is to buy a building with that contributor’s name on it.
You’ll probably think this question is dumber than dumb, a waste of neurons.
However, not all awful, astoundingly dumb political memes are created equal.
“Which proves he is as dumb as a bag of hammers,” the official says.
Does it matter whether Taylor Swift wants me to inflate my Internet notoriety by doing a dumb thing where I lip sync to her music?
The way I film is based on the assumption that the audience is as smart and dumb as I am.
I thought I was going to have to dumb it down for this folk-pop singer.
The sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.
Her female friend immediately said, "Well, I have been talking away to this dumb man."
Sometimes dumb-bells, compact sheaves of fine needles, and irregular rhizome forms are seen (Fig. 40).
They ain't noways dumb to each other, I notice; an' we air dumb aourselves when we air ketched with furriners.
His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.
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