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Dumb down

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Verb
  1. 1
    To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending. idiomatic, transitive

    "The public won't understand this concept. We need to dumb down our explanation of it."

  2. 2
    To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic. idiomatic, intransitive

    "Television has really dumbed down over the past ten years."

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