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stultify
[stuhl-tuh-fahy]
verb (used with object)
to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, especially by degrading or frustrating means.
Must we stultify the progress of these reforms with yet more red tape?
Synonyms: , , , , , ,Law.to allege or prove (oneself or another person) to be of unsound mind.
Older Use.to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
verb (used without object)
to become ineffectual or impaired, especially through frustrating, stifling, or deadening conditions.
Without an environment of encouragement and creativity, the mind can stultify.
stultify
/ ˈʌɪˌڲɪ /
verb
to make useless, futile, or ineffectual, esp by routine
to cause to appear absurd or inconsistent
to prove (someone) to be of unsound mind and thus not legally responsible
Other Word Forms
- stultification noun
- stultifier noun
- stultifyingly adverb
- nonstultification noun
- unstultified adjective
- unstultifying adjective
- ˈٳܱپˌھ noun
- ˌٳܱپھˈپDz noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of stultify1
Example Sentences
Gems include a rant on critics, the assertion that the paragraph, not the sentence, is the basic unit of writing and how writing helped alleviate his stultified misery after a near-death car accident.
The whole point of Trump's second term, this adviser said, is to shake up a stultified system of government.
Jess eventually realizes it, after a spree of endless nights spent binging on fun-fun-fun, the girls racing around the lawn in a psychedelics-induced stupor after their stultifying dinners with the men.
In Lebanon, the stultifying heat of summer is overlaid by a layer of anxiety.
India has not shared in that transformation in large part because of a historical focus on self-sufficiency, a disdain for international trade and stultifying bureaucracy that has discouraged investment.
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