stultify
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.
» Television stultifies people.
Fernsehen verblödet die Leute.
Телевидение отупляет людей.
Телевидение оглупляет людей.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)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.
(dated, transitive)To make useless or worthless.
His business plan was stultified by new technologies.
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
(dated, transitive)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
(archaic, transitive)To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.
prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
Examples
1 sentencesTelevision stultifies people.
ruТелевидение отупляет людей.
deFernsehen verblödet die Leute.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō.From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō.
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Forms
stultifies, stultifying, stultified, stultified| Base form | stultify · to stultify |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | stultifies |
| Present participle | stultifying |
| Past simple | stultified |
| Past participle | stultified |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
5 synonyms- deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless:cripple
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle