simpleminded
or sim·ple-mind·ed
[sim-puh l-mahyn-did, -mahyn-]
- free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
- lacking in mental acuteness or sense.
- mentally deficient.
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Origin of simpleminded
Synonyms
See more synonyms for simpleminded on Thesaurus.com2, 3. stupid, foolish, slow, dull-witted, half-witted.
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Examples from the Web for simpleminded
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A beautiful, simpleminded creature—it was what he was, you can depend on that.
Sketches New and Old, CompleteMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Would he have risked it, had he not been the most simpleminded of men?
Donovan Pasha And Some People Of Egypt, CompleteGilbert Parker
A beautiful, simpleminded creature it was what he was, you can depend on that.
Sketches New and Old, Part 6.Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
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 StormHenry MacMahon