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dumb

adjective as in having or using no voice

adjective as in stupid, unintelligent

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He was derided as a snob when he suggested, in a few statements over the years, that he had to dumb down his work for uncultured audiences.

"Honestly, it's such a simple thing but it makes you feel dumb when you get fooled by AI," the 25- year-old explains.

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Sony and Cox provide conflicting narratives, but Cox has the better argument that dumb tubes shouldn’t be legally responsible for their users’ wrongdoing.

A shrewd trader long ago said the stock market is where smart people think of ways to take money from dumb people.

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A shrewd trader long ago said the stock market is where smart people think of ways to take money from dumb people.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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