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English to English adjective
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Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity | | Example: so dense he never understands anything I say to him
never met anyone quite so dim
although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick
dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
worked with the slow students
source: wordnet30
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temporarily incapable of speaking | | Example: struck dumb
speechless with shock
source: wordnet30
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lacking the power of human speech | | Example: dumb animals
source: wordnet30
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unable to speak because of hereditary deafness | | source: wordnet30 verb
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To put to silence. | | source: webster1913
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