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dumb (EN)
adjektiivi, verbi

adjektiivi “dumb”

dumb, komp. dumber, superl. dumbest
  1. tyhmä
    He felt dumb for forgetting his own phone number.
  2. järjetön
    Buying the same book twice because you forgot you already owned it was dumb.
  3. mykkä
    In the 19th century, schools for the deaf taught dumb students to use their hands for communication.

verbi “dumb”

infinitiivi dumb; hän dumbs; imperfekti dumbed; part. perf. dumbed; ger. dumbing
  1. yksinkertaistaa (laadun tai tarkkuuden heikentämiseksi)
    The publisher decided to dumb down the science textbook, fearing it was too complex for high school students.