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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gaston	gas-TAWN	French
Ilina	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Marius	MER-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:]