gullible
adjective
easily deceived or cheated.
gullibility
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a word derived from
gullible.
Example Sentences
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There are the shamefaced former members, who confess their gullibility as a kind of penance; there are the cockamamie claims on which the belief system is based.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
At age 37, she became a case study in gullibility and greed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2025
In the aftermath of the infamous tech-stock bubble of 1999-2000, Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNeely mocked the gullibility of stock-market investors who had chased stocks to ridiculous levels.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2025
"I feel great pain and shame that my gullibility and my naivety led to such catastrophic consequences. I didn't want to hurt anyone," Trepova told the court this week, quoted by Reuters.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
Jethro was annoyed at Shep’s gullibility, but not particularly anxious.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
