outdumb

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English

Etymology

From out- +‎ dumb, by analogy with outsmart.

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.
    Antonym: outsmart
    • 2022 October 6, Elisabeth Egan, “Ignoramuses Are Gaining Ground, Andy Borowitz Warns”, in The New York Times:
      Borowitz grabs readers by the ear and walks them through the stages of ignorance, to celebration (starring Donald J. Trump and, as Borowitz puts it, “wannabes like Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis — who, despite being graduates of our nation’s finest universities, strenuously try to outdumb him).”