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outdumbing

outdumbing is the present participle of outdumb.

Meaning of outdumb

Verb

outdumb (third-person singular simple present outdumbs, present participle outdumbing, simple past and past participle outdumbed)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in dumbness; to be dumber than.
    • Borowitz grabs readers by the ear and walks them through the stages of ignorance, […] to celebration (starring Donald J. Trump and, as Borowitz puts it, “wannabes like Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis — who, despite being graduates of our nation’s finest universities, strenuously try to outdumb him).”2022 October 6, Elisabeth Egan, “Ignoramuses Are Gaining Ground, Andy Borowitz Warns”, in The New York Times
    Antonyms:
    outsmart

Questions about outdumbing

What is outdumbing the present participle of?
Outdumbing is the present participle of outdumb.

Words near outdumbing in the dictionary

  1. outduelling
  2. outduels
  3. outdug
  4. outdumb
  5. outdumbed
  6. outdumbing
  7. outdumbs
  8. outdure
  9. outdured
  10. outdures
  11. outduring

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