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dumbed-down

dumbed-down adjective: made condescendingly simple.

Adjective

dumbed-down (comparative more dumbed-down, superlative most dumbed-down)

  1. Made condescendingly simple.

Forms of dumbed-down

comparativemore dumbed-down
superlativemost dumbed-down

Origin of dumbed-down

From dumbed + down.

Questions about dumbed-down

What does dumbed-down mean?
Dumbed-down means made condescendingly simple.
What part of speech is dumbed-down?
Dumbed-down is an adjective.

Words near dumbed-down in the dictionary

  1. dumbec
  2. dumbecs
  3. dumbed
  4. dumbed down
  5. dumbed out
  6. dumbed-down
  7. dumbeg
  8. dumbegs
  9. dumbek
  10. dumbeks
  11. dumbell

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