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
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
Whatever the true reason for Fulcher’s departure, the alarming part should be Hegseth’s gullibility, inexperience and glaring ineptitude in both his hiring and ousting of Fulcher.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 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
It is, in intention, a public mockery of our credulity, our gullibility, our stupidity—engineered, with incredible impudence, by this person who stands here before us today.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
