Expressions used in Everyday Spoken English in Social and Professional contexts
dumb down
dumb down
1) make something simpler and easier for people to understand
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- dumb down a speech so that the audience can better understand it
- Social Examples (Basic)
- Some people think that television has been dumbed down a lot in order to increase viewing figures.
- Professional Examples (Basic)
- The company have adopted a dumbed-down approach to training new recruits in order to get them up to speed quicker.
- Your presentation is far too technical. I think it needs dumbing down so that people who don't work in the financial sector can better understand what you're trying to say.
- The teacher decided that it would be best to dumb down the course material a little after many of his students failed their exam.
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