stultify

A verb meaning to cause someone or something to become ineffective, useless, or absurd, often by making them seem foolish or by suppressing their abilities.

• 🇵🇹Verbo que significa tornar alguém ou algo ineficaz, inútil ou ridículo, muitas vezes fazendo a pessoa parecer tola ou sufocando suas capacidades.

1. Make ineffective or useless C2 formal

   To cause something to become useless, ineffective, or absurd.

   • The new regulations stultify any attempt at innovation.
   • His constant criticism stultified her creative efforts.
   • Bureaucratic procedures often stultify progress.

   🇵🇹Tornar inútil

   Sinônimos: crippledisablefrustratehamstringinvalidateneutralizeparalyzesabotagethwartundermine

   Antônimos: activateenergizeinvigoratestrengthen

2. Cause boredom or dullness C2 formal

   To make someone feel bored, dull, or mentally inactive.

   • The repetitive tasks stultify the workers' minds.
   • Long lectures can stultify even the most attentive students.
   • The monotonous routine stultified his intellectual growth.

   🇵🇹Causar tédio ou embotamento

   Sinônimos: boredeadendullnumbstupefytireweary

   Antônimos: enlivenexciteinspireinterestinvigoratestimulate

• stultified past participle
• stultified past simple
• stultifying present participle
• stultifies third person singular