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stultify

stultify · stultifies · stultified · stultifying

To stunt, inhibit or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is…To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.

/ˈstʌltɪfaɪ/

» Television stultifies people.

Fernsehen verblödet die Leute.

Телевидение отупляет людей.

Телевидение оглупляет людей.

Значення

значень: 4

(перехідне)To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
Bureaucracy and over-regulation have stultified the economy.
(застаріле, перехідне)To make useless or worthless.
His business plan was stultified by new technologies.
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
(застаріле, перехідне)To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy.
The politicians continued to stultify themselves.
blamieren, veralbern, lächerlich machen
cause to appear foolish
(архаїчне, перехідне)To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.
prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence

Приклади

речень: 1

Television stultifies people.
ruТелевидение отупляет людей. — marafon
deFernsehen verblödet die Leute. — Waldelfe
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Переклади

мов: 3

Deutsch

to cause to appear foolish:

Походження

From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō.

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Форми

stultifies, stultifying, stultified, stultified

Базова форма	stultify · to stultify
3-я особа однини	stultifies
Дієприкметник теперішнього часу	stultifying
Минулий час	stultified
Дієприкметник минулого часу	stultified