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stultified in British English

past participle of verb, past tense of verb
stultify
 

stultify in British English

(ˈstʌltɪˌfaɪ)
verbWord forms: -fies, -fying or -fied (transitive)
1. 
to make useless, futile, or ineffectual, esp by routine
2. 
to cause to appear absurd or inconsistent
3. 
to prove (someone) to be of unsound mind and thus not legally responsible
Derived forms
stultification (ˌstultifiˈcation)
noun
stultifier (ˈstultiˌfier)
noun
Word origin
C18: from Latin stultus stupid + facere to make

Examples of 'stultified' in a sentence
stultified

I did feel quite stultified, is that the word, by it.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Ordinary people, unhappy in many and various ways, struggle to cope in their stultified country life.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The lack of a parliamentary majority has further stultified a government that has run out of ideas.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The initial thrill of open spaces, panoramic vistas and the raw, rejuvenating voltage of nature had stultified into agonising emptiness.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But poverty is widespread, education levels are low and economic development has been stultified by bureaucracy and corruption.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These places are stiff, stultified and obsessed with social stratification; the atmosphere is as dead as a dodo.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But it is stultified by hang-ups, principally about whether pure is really pure, and whether applied is really materialistic.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This entire exhibition feels stultified.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Caution and lack of ambition stultified educationists fearful of diktats about equality of opportunity and prizes for all.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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