outdumb

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^[1]:

     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).”