stultifying
adjective /ˈstʌl.tɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/
/-t̬ə-/ formal disapprovingDefinition
› preventing new ideas from developing: These countries are trying to shake off the stultifying effects of several decades of state control.Unhelpful and Uncooperative stultify /ˈstʌl.tɪ.faɪ/
/-t̬ə-/ verb [T] › She felt the repetitive exercises stultified her musical technique so she stopped doing them.Deteriorating and making worsePreventing and impedingLimiting and restricting stultifyingly /-li/ adverb › stultifyingly dull/boringUnhelpful and Uncooperative
/-t̬ə-/ verb [T] › She felt the repetitive exercises stultified her musical technique so she stopped doing them.Deteriorating and making worsePreventing and impedingLimiting and restricting stultifyingly /-li/ adverb › stultifyingly dull/boringUnhelpful and Uncooperative(Definition of stultifying adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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