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

“The future is a lot dumber than I thought it would be,” the worker said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

She laughs and says, “The world gets dumber every time Ally Nickerson speaks.”

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt