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dumb

adjective as in having or using no voice

adjective as in stupid, unintelligent

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Taking Social Security early just to invest the money in stocks is a dumb idea for most people.

"What your director did is not respectful: he called me dumb," Bosch told reporters at the time.

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It means sweating in a suit, watching Ma cry up close, and reciting that dumb grief script to everyone who asks, under threat of Ma’s heat vision.

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The Babushkawoos fussed and complained, and Boris went so far as yelling, “Art is dumb,” whereupon Penelope gave him a look that could have thawed Siberia.

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“Don’t play dumb. Those wolf children of yours understood straightaway.”

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

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