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
It’s something much bigger than that, much dumber and much worse.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
“The future is a lot dumber than I thought it would be,” the worker said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
I never new before that I was dumber than a mouse.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
