simpleminded

[ sim-puhl-mahyn-did, -mahyn- ]

/ ˈsɪm pəlˈmaɪn dɪd, -ˌmaɪn- /

free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.

lacking in mental acuteness or sense.

mentally deficient.

Words nearby simpleminded

First recorded in 1735–45; simple + minded

sim·ple·mind·ed·ly, adverbsim·ple·mind·ed·ness, noun

And his simpleminded, untravelled, wonderloving auditor or auditors received his words literally.
A Decade of Italian Women, v. II (of 2)|T. Adolphus Trollope
Would he have risked it, had he not been the most simpleminded of men?
Donovan Pasha And Some People Of Egypt, Complete|Gilbert 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)
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

A beautiful, simpleminded creature—it was what he was, you can depend on that.
Sketches New and Old, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)