Dumb is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like inarticulate or mute. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dumb in a sentence
Related words
Dumb meaning
- Unable to speak; lacking power of speech.
- Not talkative; taciturn or unwilling to speak.
- Having no input or voice in running things.
Synonyms of Dumb
Using Dumb
- The main meaning on this page is: Unable to speak; lacking power of speech. | Not talkative; taciturn or unwilling to speak. | Having no input or voice in running things.
- Useful related words include: inarticulate, unarticulate, mute, speechless.
- In the example corpus, dumb often appears in combinations such as: dumb and, the dumb, dumb enough.
Context around Dumb
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dumb
- In this selection, "dumb" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, barter, hands, playing, move, shit and decision stand out and add context to how "dumb" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all for dumb fun at and and are dumb and i. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dumb" sits close to words such as hiking, hinted and isolate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dumb
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dumb move Minister really dumb move! (6 words)
Are Nigerian sports journalists so dumb? (6 words)
Is he playing dumb, or is he actually dumb? (9 words)
Let's not forget this was the Bears - that their HC is an absolute moron, putting Fields into shotgun with the RB five yards behind the LOS and then actually handing off to said RB and taking the ball outta Fields hands - dumb - dumb - dumb. (45 words)
As Act I develops, we learn that corporate network pressures are being brought to bear in an effort to both shorten the show, dumb it down and walk the line as Sen. Joseph McCarthy is gaining power with his Communist hunts and blacklists. (43 words)
As a guy who says a lot of dumb shit (for example, while everyone has been calling Daniel Jones “Danny Dimes”… I’ve been calling him Daniel Dimeington The First), let me tell you, Mark Ingram is at saying dumb shit. (41 words)
Is he playing dumb, or is he actually dumb? (9 words)
Are Nigerian sports journalists so dumb? (6 words)
Dumb move Minister really dumb move! (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
Let's not forget this was the Bears - that their HC is an absolute moron, putting Fields into shotgun with the RB five yards behind the LOS and then actually handing off to said RB and taking the ball outta Fields hands - dumb - dumb - dumb.
Dumb move Minister really dumb move!
My dumb ass stayed with him for about six months or so because I was young and dumb.
Is he playing dumb, or is he actually dumb?
Morty is really dumb, and yet he’s still not as dumb as his dad, who insists that Pluto is still a planet.
Well, all those opinions were and are dumb, and I was dumb for ever doubting Jim Carrey.
As a guy who says a lot of dumb shit (for example, while everyone has been calling Daniel Jones “Danny Dimes”… I’ve been calling him Daniel Dimeington The First), let me tell you, Mark Ingram is at saying dumb shit.
Like Cora, Daisy makes dumb decision after dumb decision and never seems to learn from her mistakes.
She’s the dumb blonde, but she’s not that dumb…She never was.
Which is not how you calculate an average no matter how dumb you are unless you are deliberately trying to be dumb.
While I'm all for dumb fun at the movies, this one ended up being more dumb than fun.
Silent trade, also called silent barter, dumb barter ("dumb" here used in its old meaning of "mute"), or depot trade, is a method by which traders who cannot speak each other's language can trade without talking.
The 2007 publication of Our Dumb World and the 2012 publication of The Onion Book Of Known Knowledge are the only other fully original books content-wise—other than Our Dumb Century—that The Onion has released.
Add Wayne’s thoughts to the growing list of dumb takes since Morant stupidity got the best of him again.
All these characters want a family or connection with each other, so she picks up these broken birds under her wing, but she also makes a lot of dumb decisions.
Among other Samhain rituals, Koper cooks pumpkin ravioli in brown butter and serves it during a “Dumb Supper,” which is eaten by candlelight without speaking.
And he told old dumb Brandon, what to do with himself.
And it's especially dumb when people type it.
Are Nigerian sports journalists so dumb?
As Act I develops, we learn that corporate network pressures are being brought to bear in an effort to both shorten the show, dumb it down and walk the line as Sen. Joseph McCarthy is gaining power with his Communist hunts and blacklists.
Common combinations with dumb
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- dumb and 16×
- the dumb 14×
- dumb enough 11×
- of dumb 10×
- are dumb 9×
- was dumb 8×
- and dumb 7×
- dumb to 7×
- dumb as 6×
- so dumb 6×