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dumbing down

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English

Syllables
dumb-ing -down
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of dumb down

Questions

What does dumbing down mean?
present participle and gerund of dumb down

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