How to pronounce "dumber"

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apply to aquaria as well.

And, you know, certainly there has been a real public discussion

about the captivity of whales and other marine mammals.

So I think the tide is turning on that.

I did read, while I was researching this book,

I read a book that I recommend by Jonathan Balcombe

about the secret lives of fish,

which really did blow my mind

in terms of the cognitive abilities of fish.

And I think that many of us have grown up with this idea

that fish are somehow dumber than land animals

or that they don't, you know, that they don't feel pain,

is a common thing that people have said about fish.

This is not true.

So I think that much of this applies to, you know,

to the marine world as well.

And in the book, I talk about, you know, what can we do for wild animals?

And honestly,

one of the biggest things we can do is try to address climate change

and habitat destruction.

That's really the biggie,

Phonetic Breakdown of "dumber"

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IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

D AH1 M ER0

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Definition of "dumber"

Adjective

Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind").

Example: "His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language."

Synonyms: dumbstruck, mute, speechless, wordless
Silent; unaccompanied by words.

Example: "dumb show"
(especially of a person) Extremely stupid.

Example: "You are so dumb! You don't even know how to make toast!"

Synonyms: feeble-minded, idiotic, moronic, stupid
Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.

Example: "Brendan had the dumb job of moving boxes from one conveyor belt to another."

Synonyms: banal, brainless, dopey, ridiculous, silly
Lacking brightness or clearness, as a colour.

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