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dumb

[duhm] / dʌm /




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Asked if they would be happy with a "brick" or "dumb" phone option, they all shake their heads.

From BBC

Graham took the floor late Friday morning, calling his critics “politically dumb as a rock.”

From Salon

On the upstairs landing we discover something called a dumbwaiter, which, upon inspection, is not dumb at all.

From Literature

The dumbest criticism is that Mr. Warsh doesn’t have an economics Ph.D.

From The Wall Street Journal

“And they laughed because: what’s this big dumb American doing here asking about asylum? And then they realised I was serious.”

From The Wall Street Journal