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To hamper or impede the progress of
“To the extent that official attitudes are rigid, unresponsive and unimaginative, they will stultify the progress in every one of the directions envisaged.”
To make or render useless or worthless
“Slow computers will quickly stultify any attempts at interactive communication.”
(dated) To cause to appear foolish or absurd
“Such tests tend to stultify the most creative teachers even as they, at least in theory, help the worst students.”
To cause or inspire boredom in
“And all these endless talk shows, who can stand them? They stultify the audience.”
To go to a worse state from lack of progress or development
To thwart someone's ambitions
To decrease or reduce in sensitivity
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