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								slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
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								unable to speak temporarily
 struck dumb
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								lacking the power of human speech
 dumb animals
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								unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
 
 'dumb' - used as a verb
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								make simpler and less intellectually challenging (in a negative sense)
 
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			| 1. Dumb / Past dumbed
 2. Dumb / Third Person
 dumbs
 3. Dumb / Present Participle
 dumbing
 4. Dumb / Comparitive
 dumber
 5. Dumb / Superlative
 dumbest
 
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			| The following are synonyms for 'dumb'. Click on any of them to get both Bibliodata's full list of common definitions and a further set of synonyms. 
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			| dumbly |  
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		| inarticulate
					
		
					
		stupid
					
		
					
		unarticulate |  
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