simpleminded

or sim·ple-mind·ed

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

/ ˈsɪm pəlˈmaɪn dɪd, -ˌmaɪn- /

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adjective

free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.

lacking in mental acuteness or sense.

mentally deficient.

OTHER WORDS FOR simpleminded

2, 3 stupid, foolish, slow, dull-witted, half-witted.

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Origin of simpleminded

First recorded in 1735–45; simple + minded

OTHER WORDS FROM simpleminded

sim·ple·mind·ed·ly, adverbsim·ple·mind·ed·ness, noun

How to use simpleminded in a sentence

And “alkalinizing” someone in an attempt to improve their health is simple-minded, fatuous, and dangerous.
Alkalinizing Someone to Improve His or Her Health Is Simple-Minded, Fatuous, and Dangerous|Kent Sepkowitz|January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But I do want us to understand how wrong and simple-minded our definition of freedom is today.
The Freedom to Be Fat? The Politics of Movie Popcorn, Obama, and the FDA|Michael Tomasky|April 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“This shows you how silly and how simple-minded politics can be—just absurd,” Ford says.
Harold Ford's Perpetual Campaign|Lloyd Grove, Samuel P. Jacobs|September 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Stone also exaggerates in painting Bush as a simple-minded born-again Christian.
My W and Oliver Stone's|Scott McClellan|October 17, 2008|DAILY BEAST

For we are simple-minded creatures, and prone to superstition.
By the Christmas Fire|Samuel McChord Crothers
It had never occurred to the straightforward and simple-minded Vicar that one of his own flesh and blood could come to this!
Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy
Yet it was a subtler art to let his old, simple-minded countryman ignore that detail.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
This simple-minded woman meant that the fairies were the enemies of God and that the priest had driven them away.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
It seduced the simple-minded, and brought the book into the hands of the imprudent and deluded multitude.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham

British Dictionary definitions for simpleminded

simple-minded

adjective

stupid; foolish; feeble-minded

unsophisticated; artless

Derived forms of simple-minded

simple-mindedly, adverbsimple-mindedness, noun

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