Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.
Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness.
Marked by lack of intellectual acuity or somewhat mentally limited.
1 Some might feel that this risks dumbing down but I would disagree.
2 Now, she adds, texting and Twitter are dumbing down e-mail even more.
3 A fact-free environment contributes to the dumbing down of public debate.
4 Words that would resist the eternal American genius for cheapening and dumbing down.
5 There was no evidence of dumbing down among Scribble's digital generation.
6 This is the kind of dumbing down we must fight against.
7 It's not about dumbing down or aiming charts just at children.
8 The dumbing down of the populace remains in full flower, indeed.
9 With each incremental dumbing down of their programming, ratings climbed proportionately.
10 This equates to a dumbing down of cultural life in NZ.
11 They caution job seekers against dumbing down their curricula vitae.
12 Instead of dumbing down the dialogue as ordered, we'd smarted up the whole premise.
13 Thoughtful and said a lot about the times she lived in without dumbing it down.
14 Who said the internet was all about dumbing down?
15 But at least you have the option of dumbing down your smart bulbs a bit.
16 McGeeney has also had enough dumbing down of player performances through marks out of 10.
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