stultify

/stˈʌltɪfˌaɪ/

/ˈstəɫtəˌfaɪ/

[verb]

to stultify

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless

synonyms : cripple

to make someone or something appear as ridiculous, stupid, or absurd

prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence

Examples

1. But to Frank, the Darwin show also depicts the dark side of competition, individuals vying in ways that stultify the species.

2. You die, you stultify, you get cynical, you get nihilistic or you adopt some wild belief system if you don't have the attachment to some genuine life-giving meaning in your own life.

3. There are people think this is what should be done to stultify American children.

4. - I'm apoplogizing in advance for my kind of stultifying minimalism here.