simple-minded
Britishadjective
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stupid; foolish; feeble-minded
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unsophisticated; artless
Other Word Forms
- simple-mindedly adverb
- simple-mindedness noun
Example Sentences
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One is the committee’s single-minded, indeed simple-minded, focus on the direct effect of the proposals on the federal deficit and national debt.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024
"This morning, ascend above the hate, the vitriol, and the simple-minded ideas that ignite violence," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024
Xist consists of RNA, a substance best known for being a simple-minded messenger that shuttles genes' instructions for making proteins to the intracellular machines that make them.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024
“I have an almost simple-minded affection for them. My readers are not the same as my characters, as I’m very aware. So I’m glad when they feel that affection too.”
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2023
Now I was simple-minded it seemed I attracted clean, handsome people.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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