The ensuing storm caused the department to lower the bar—amid protests that this was dumbing the test down—so that only 80 percent of urban kids would fail.
ADJECTIVE: (Offensive) A synonym for mute, or unable to speak, now considered offensive In its nineteenth-century usage, it did not reflect anything about mental or intellectual abilities An example of its continuing use is the expression "dumb struck "
disapproval If you say that something is dumb, you think that it is silly and annoying. I came up with this dumb idea = stupid. dumb down to present news or information in a simple and attractive way without many details so that everyone can understand it - used to show disapproval
Not revealing flavor or aroma; closed; typical of wines that are too young or too cold
from natural infirmity (Ex 4: 11); not knowing what to say (Prov 31: 8); unwillingness to speak (Ps 39: 9; Lev 10: 3) Christ repeatedly restored the dumb (Matt 9: 32, 33; Luke 11: 14; Matt 12: 22) to the use of speech