simpleminded
Americanadjective
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free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
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lacking in mental acuteness or sense.
- Synonyms:
- half-witted, dull-witted, slow, foolish, stupid
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mentally deficient.
- Synonyms:
- half-witted, dull-witted, slow, foolish, stupid
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Origin of simpleminded
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In recent years, moviegoers have encountered several pictures that tackled our anxious AI age — “M3GAN,” “Companion,” “Sheep in the Box” — but “Klara and the Sun” is easily the most simpleminded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Through these very simpleminded projections he deletes others' selfhood and replaces who they are with what is unacceptable in himself.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2019
It also boils down the research efforts of an entire university to a single number to be used for simpleminded ranking.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 19, 2019
Twitter too often makes its users more hotheaded and simpleminded than they really are.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 14, 2015
All that was left of her own blood was Hodor, the simpleminded giant who worked in the stables, but Old Nan just lived on and on, doing her needlework and telling her stories.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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