dumb (something) down



dumb (something) down

To make something less complicated to accommodate a less intelligent, educated, or sophisticated audience. The professor decided to dumb down the course material a bit after most of his class failed the first exam. I think we ought to dumb the play down a bit; after all, most of the people coming to see it won't have a PhD in drama.
See also: down, dumb

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gastongas-TAWNFrench
Ilina-Bulgarian, Macedonian
MariusMER-ee-əs (English), MAR-ee-əs (English), MAH-ree-uws (German)Ancient Roman, Romanian, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French
Cumhur-Turkish
Seth (2)SET (English), SAYT (English)Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Ayscue['eiskju:]