Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.
Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness.
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Examples for "silent "
Examples for "silent "
1 A little while she was silent ; and seemed in debate with herself.
2 Meanwhile, the Vote Leave campaign has fallen almost silent since the vote.
3 The president has largely remained silent on the issue of political prisoners.
4 Today, the World Health Organisation wants you to be a silent hero.
5 The place was silent as the grave; not even a dog barked.
1 His history makes the adage 'innocent until proven guilty' a mute point.
2 He didn't speak, just held his hands up in a mute question.
3 Yet low inflation and modest employment gains may mute bond market fears.
4 Most of the inhabitants had gone forth; others remained in mute expectation.
5 In his greatest hour of need, his father's spirit remained mute , unreachable.
1 His gratitude was quite genuine, by God; it left me completely speechless .
2 For once in his life words failed him; the orator was speechless .
3 But that seemed quite impossible now: Temeraire found himself adrift and speechless .
4 People close to the Bryant family were left speechless by the news.
5 Jamieson stood speechless for a moment, completely taken aback by the proposal.
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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