/dʌm/
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Translation
Not clever and not sensible; in older English it also meant unable to speak.
Word origin
From Old English dumb, meaning unable to speak; the sense of stupid came later from German dumm.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- dumb
Examples
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"Dumb" here means stupid. It is informal, so keep it for friends.
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The word is very common in American English and understood in Britain.
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This older meaning sounds rude today. Say that someone cannot speak instead.
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