dumb
IPA: dˈʌm
verb
- (transitive, dated) To silence.
- (transitive) To make stupid.
- (transitive) To represent as stupid.
- (transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.
adjective
- (dated) Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind").
- (archaic) Not talkative; taciturn or unwilling to speak.
- (dated) Having no input or voice in running things.
- (dated, of things, actions, etc.) Unaccompanied by words or speech, silent, wordless.
- (dated) Not producing any sound, silent.
- (informal, derogatory, especially of a person) Stupid.
- (figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.
- Lacking some functionality or property ordinarily characteristic of its kind.
- (of technology) Not equipped with intelligent behavior or processing capabilities of its own.
- (obsolete, rare) Lacking brightness or clearness as a colour; dim, dull.
- (African-American Vernacular, dated) An intensifier expressing contempt; damn, damned.
adverb
- (African-American Vernacular) Very, extremely.
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Examples of "dumb" in Sentences
- Boy were we dumb to read them back in the 60's..dumb but ahh what silly fun.
- DUMB: A dumb wine is also a closed wine, but the term dumb is used in a more pejorative sense.
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