simple-minded
adjective
stupid; foolish; feeble-minded
simple-mindedness
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a word derived from
simple-minded.
Example Sentences
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It’s simple, almost to the point of simple-mindedness, but we need better leaders.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Related ideas, such as “everything is pretty” or “everything is nice,” suggest a simple-mindedness that is trivial.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2021
Here, the nostalgia seemed directed toward the 1970s, a time of material complexity and simple-mindedness.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2012
There’s a defensive tone to Rock the Bells, an annual festival since 2004: an implication that 21st-century hip-hop has taken a wrong turn into thuggishness, simple-mindedness, formula and triviality.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2010
Our simple-mindedness pleases them as a bit of unspoilt nature, and it is just by means of that that they deceive us.
From Three Comedies by R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson) Sharp
