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
Mya	MIE-ə	English (Modern)
Rosalin	ROZ-ə-lin	English (Rare)
RÍAn	-	Irish
Ayla (3)	-	Literature
Balfour	-	English (Rare)
Shyamala	-	Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Marathi