- comparative of dumb.
dumber
Example Sentences
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“We’re getting fatter and dumber, and our mental health is deteriorating,” the author writes, which is what “a half century-plus of mass-affluence consumerism has brought us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
My anxiety about A.I. is not that it will make my job obsolete but that it will make me a little dumber.
From Slate ● May 24, 2026
"Rather than becoming dumber, we are becoming more specialised for the job," said Tania Esparza.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
It’s something much bigger than that, much dumber and much worse.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
The more I thought about it, the dumber it was.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
