dumb down



dumb down

v. Slang
To simplify something excessively in order to make it suitable for a less educated or less sophisticated audience: The researchers dumbed down the report before releasing it to the public.
See also: down, dumb

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SampoSAHM-po (Finnish)Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Omri-Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
ArminAHR-meenGerman
Katrina[kə'tri:nə]
Moyna-Irish, Scottish
Kreindel-Yiddish