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

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How to use simpleminded in a sentence

The simpleminded native is made the victim of the progressive white, who, by fair means or foul, deprives him of his country.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)|Carl Lumholtz
Would he have risked it, had he not been the most simpleminded of men?
Donovan Pasha And Some People Of Egypt, Complete|Gilbert Parker
And his simpleminded, untravelled, wonderloving auditor or auditors received his words literally.
A Decade of Italian Women, v. II (of 2)|T. Adolphus Trollope
Nothing had the girls (or the simpleminded 11 country Doctor who sped them) known of the dangers or pitfalls of the city.
Orphans of the Storm|Henry MacMahon

Freaks that would have been vulgar and ostentatious in a more simpleminded girl, in Miss Beers seemed whimsical and picturesque.
Song of the Lark|Willa Cather

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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