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dumb

2 verb
     
dumb2

dumb something ↔ 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:
Have history textbooks been dumbed down over the past decade?
—dumbing down noun [uncountable]
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