Definition of STULTIFY

stultify

Verb

Verb Forms: stultified, stultifying, stultifies

  • To cause to appear absurd or to impair effectiveness.
  • prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
    • "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself"
  • cause to appear foolish
  • deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
  • To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
  • To make useless or worthless.
  • To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy.
  • To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.

Examples

  • Bureaucracy and over-regulation have stultified the economy.
  • His business plan was stultified by new technologies.
  • Leaving too many open vowels can stultify your chances of a high-scoring play.
  • The politicians continued to stultify themselves.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō.

Scrabble Score: 14

stultify: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
stultify: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stultify: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

stultify: valid Words With Friends Word