"outdumb" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outdumbs [present, singular, third-person], outdumbing [participle, present], outdumbed [participle, past], outdumbed [past]
Etymology: From out- + dumb, by analogy with outsmart. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|out-|dumb}} out- + dumb Head templates: {{en-verb}} outdumb (third-person singular simple present outdumbs, present participle outdumbing, simple past and past participle outdumbed)
  1. (transitive) To surpass in dumbness; to be dumber than. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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