simple-mindedness
- 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
Leave aside the alluring simple-mindedness of the waste/fraud/abuse solution.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2015
Here, the nostalgia seemed directed toward the 1970s, a time of material complexity and simple-mindedness.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2012
“Enron” is fast-paced, flamboyant and, despite the head-clogging intricacy of its business mathematics, lucid to the point of simple-mindedness.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2010
There was a simple-mindedness in her which touched Philip.
From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
