simpleminded

or sim·ple-mind·ed

[ sim-puhl-mahyn-did, -mahyn- ]

adjective

1. free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
2. lacking in mental acuteness or sense.

   Synonyms: half-witted, dull-witted, slow, foolish, stupid

3. mentally deficient.

   Synonyms: half-witted, dull-witted, slow, foolish, stupid

Other Words From

• simple·minded·ly adverb
• simple·minded·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of simpleminded¹

First recorded in 1735–45; simple + minded

Example Sentences

The simpleminded native is made the victim of the progressive white, who, by fair means or foul, deprives him of his country.

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Would he have risked it, had he not been the most simpleminded of men?

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And his simpleminded, untravelled, wonderloving auditor or auditors received his words literally.

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Nothing had the girls (or the simpleminded 11 country Doctor who sped them) known of the dangers or pitfalls of the city.

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Freaks that would have been vulgar and ostentatious in a more simpleminded girl, in Miss Beers seemed whimsical and picturesque.

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