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

But then they made Woody be a little more understanding and Buzz a little, forgive the word, dumber.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

That didn’t stop him from getting dumber ever since.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

Being mad about it today is like still being mad about the Dodgers losing the '77 World Series, except this is somehow even dumber.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

The more I thought about it, the dumber it was.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green