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dummy-proof

dummy-proof adjective: incapable of being misused even by the stupidest or most careless of users.

Adjective

dummy-proof (comparative more dummy-proof, superlative most dummy-proof)

  1. (humorous, informal) Incapable of being misused even by the stupidest or most careless of users.

Verb

dummy-proof (third-person singular simple present dummy-proofs, present participle dummy-proofing, simple past and past participle dummy-proofed)

  1. (transitive) To render something dummy-proof.
    • I dummy-proofed the operations.

Forms of dummy-proof

Adjective
comparativemore dummy-proof
superlativemost dummy-proof
alternative formdummyproof
Verb
third-person singular presentdummy-proofs
present participledummy-proofing
past participledummy-proofed
pastdummy-proofed

Origin of dummy-proof

From dummy + -proof.

Questions about dummy-proof

What does dummy-proof mean?
Dummy-proof means incapable of being misused even by the stupidest or most careless of users.
What part of speech is dummy-proof?
Dummy-proof can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near dummy-proof in the dictionary

  1. dummy texts
  2. dummy up
  3. dummy variable
  4. dummy variables
  5. dummy whist
  6. dummy-proof
  7. dummy-proofed
  8. dummy-proofing
  9. dummy-proofs
  10. dummying
  11. dummying out

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