- a variation of simpleminded.
simple-minded
Britishadjective
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stupid; foolish; feeble-minded
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unsophisticated; artless
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Example Sentences
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"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
All of this underlying dramatic texture is possible because Kaurismäki uses actors capable of developing salt-of-the-earth types beyond mere simple-minded objects of pity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
There have always been eccentric, senile and downright simple-minded members of Congress.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2023
The woman, having told her, had not known what else to say, and she stared at Florence in simple-minded pity.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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