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stultify

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈstʌltɪˌfaɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈstʌltəˌfaɪ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(stul′tə fī′)

Inflections of 'stultify' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
stultifies
v 3rd person singular
stultifying
v pres p
stultified
v past
stultified
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
stul•ti•fy /ˈstʌltəˌfaɪ/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object], -fied, -fy•ing. 
  1. to make (someone) feel dull because of some boring, repeating activity:felt stultified by his humdrum job.
stul•ti•fi•ca•tion /ˌstʌltəfəkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
stul•ti•fy  (stul′tə fī′),USA pronunciation v.t., -fied, -fy•ing. 
  1. to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
  2. to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, esp. by degrading or frustrating means:Menial work can stultify the mind.
  3. Lawto allege or prove (oneself or another) to be of unsound mind.
  • Late Latin stultificāre, equivalent. to Latin stult(us) stupid + -i- -i- + -ficāre -fy
  • 1760–70
stul′ti•fi•ca′tion, n. 
stul′ti•fi′er, n. 
stul′ti•fy′ing•ly, adv. 
    2. cripple, impede, frustrate, hinder, thwart.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
stultify /ˈstʌltɪˌfaɪ/ vb ( -fies, -fying, -fied) (transitive)
  1. to make useless, futile, or ineffectual, esp by routine
  2. to cause to appear absurd or inconsistent
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin stultus stupid + facere to makeˌstultifiˈcation n ˈstultiˌfier n
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