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dumb (EN)
adjektiv, verb

adjektiv “dumb”

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

verb “dumb”

infinitiv dumb; han dumbs; preteritum dumbed; supinum dumbed; gerundium dumbing
  1. förenkla (i betydelsen att göra något mindre kvalitativt eller mindre exakt)
    The publisher decided to dumb down the science textbook, fearing it was too complex for high school students.