His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language.

Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow / What you need is someone strong to guide you

The country people frequently ſay,—How can you treat a poor dumb beaſt ill; and a ſtreſs is very properly laid on the word dumb; for dumb they appear to thoſe who do not obſerve their looks and geſtures; but God, who takes care of every thing, underſtands their language...

You are so dumb! You don't even know how to make toast!

This is dumb! We're driving in circles! We should have asked for directions an hour ago!

Brendan had the dumb job of moving boxes from one conveyor belt to another.

Her stern, which was painted of a dumb white or dun color.

The paralysis of the Northern conscience, the dumbing of the Northern voice, were coming to an end.

I think she's dumbing us down, so we won't be smarter than her.

Bad-mouthing Neanderthals . . . is symptomatic of a need to exclude and even demonize. . . . I suggest that the unproven dumbing of the Neanderthals is an example of the same cultural preconception.

The ensuing storm caused the department to lower the bar—amid protests that this was dumbing the test down—so that only 80 percent of urban kids would fail.

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