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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sonya	SON-yə (English), SAWN-yə (English)	Russian, English
Merrill	MER-əl	English
Nada (2)	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Ab	[æb]
Randulf	-	Ancient Germanic
Margarida	mar-ga-REE-də (Portuguese)	Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Occitan