dumb down

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phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo simplify something so that it is easier to understand, often to an excessive degree.

The professor had to dumb down his lecture so that the students could understand it.

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And it's akin to that baby talk where they will sort of dumb down and slow down their speech a little bit.
And it's akin to that baby talk where they will sort of dumb down and slow down their speech a little bit.
And it's akin to that baby talk where they will sort of dumb down and slow down their speech a little bit.
And it's akin to that baby talk where they will sort of dumb down and slow down their speech a little bit.

And I told myself that if I ever wrote a book, I would never dumb down all of the complexity of people into just two categories, which is why today I'm proud to announce to you that if you want to capture everything important about interpersonal interaction in organizations, you need not two, but three categories.
And I told myself that if I ever wrote a book, I would never dumb down all of the complexity of people into just two categories, which is why today I'm proud to announce to you that if you want to capture everything important about interpersonal interaction in organizations, you need not two, but three categories.
never dumb down all of the complexity of people into just
never dumb down all of the complexity of people into just

In a couple of meetings, there was several a group of managers screaming at me to dumb down my work instruction, saying, "You have to take remove requirements from your work instructions.
In a couple of meetings, there was several a group of managers screaming at me to dumb down my work instruction, saying, "You have to take remove requirements from your work instructions.
me to dumb down my work
me to dumb down my work

He doesn't dumb down his presentations, but he does try to limit each slide to one key idea.
He doesn't dumb down his presentations, but he does try to limit each slide to one key idea.

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phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo simplify something so that it is easier to understand, often to an excessive degree.

The professor had to dumb down his lecture so that the students could understand it.

And it's akin to that baby talk where they will sort of dumb down and slow down their speech a little bit.
And it's akin to that baby talk where they will sort of dumb down and slow down their speech a little bit.
And it's akin to that baby talk where they will sort of dumb down and slow down their speech a little bit.
And it's akin to that baby talk where they will sort of dumb down and slow down their speech a little bit.

And I told myself that if I ever wrote a book, I would never dumb down all of the complexity of people into just two categories, which is why today I'm proud to announce to you that if you want to capture everything important about interpersonal interaction in organizations, you need not two, but three categories.
And I told myself that if I ever wrote a book, I would never dumb down all of the complexity of people into just two categories, which is why today I'm proud to announce to you that if you want to capture everything important about interpersonal interaction in organizations, you need not two, but three categories.
never dumb down all of the complexity of people into just
never dumb down all of the complexity of people into just

In a couple of meetings, there was several a group of managers screaming at me to dumb down my work instruction, saying, "You have to take remove requirements from your work instructions.
In a couple of meetings, there was several a group of managers screaming at me to dumb down my work instruction, saying, "You have to take remove requirements from your work instructions.
me to dumb down my work
me to dumb down my work

He doesn't dumb down his presentations, but he does try to limit each slide to one key idea.
He doesn't dumb down his presentations, but he does try to limit each slide to one key idea.