verb To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Bureaucracy and over-regulation have stultified the economy.
verb To make useless or worthless.
His business plan was stultified by new technologies.
verb To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy.
The politicians continued to stultify themselves.
verb To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.