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dumb (EN)
lýsingarorð, sögn

lýsingarorð “dumb”

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

sögn “dumb”

nafnháttur dumb; hann dumbs; þátíð dumbed; lh. þt. dumbed; nhm. dumbing
  1. einfalda (með því að draga úr gæðum eða nákvæmni)
    The publisher decided to dumb down the science textbook, fearing it was too complex for high school students.