Dumb and Muted

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Dumb adjective - Deliberately refraining from speech.

Usage example: the mayor has chosen to remain dumb about her activities that night

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Muted and dumb are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Muted" instead an adjective "Dumb".

Nearby Words: dumbness, dumbly, dumbed, dumbing

Muted adjective - Deliberately refraining from speech.

Usage example: she was unexpectedly muted in the presence of her literary idol

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Dumb and muted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dumb" instead an adjective "Muted".

Nearby Words: mute, muting

Several lines (i.e.: "stupid", "dumb", "pervert", a majority of Roger's lines) are muted to avoid offending GMC's target audience (Christians).

Source: Bowdlerise / Live-Action TV

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