Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking in subtlety or sophistication; artless or naive.
- adjective Stupid or silly; foolish.
- adjective Mentally impaired.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lacking intelligence or penetration; unsophisticated; artless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lacking
subtlety orsophistication - adjective Lacking mental capacity;
feeble-minded
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking subtlety and insight
- adjective lacking mental capacity and subtlety
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Examples
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Newsweek described him as “fighting mad,” tired of “being characterized as a simple-minded has-been.”
Going Home to Glory David Eisenhower 2010
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That raising children is old-fashioned and simple-minded.
Katie Hawkes: The Burqa Ban: Another Misguided Step Toward So-Called Equality Katie Hawkes 2010
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The Fear Monster continues to disseminate hateful and simple-minded imagery on it's Facebook page but the Empathy Monster is no slouch.
Mik Moore: Jews For Justice Present: God, Yoda and the Election-Year Fear Monster Mik Moore 2010
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The Fear Monster continues to disseminate hateful and simple-minded imagery on it's Facebook page but the Empathy Monster is no slouch.
Mik Moore: Jews For Justice Present: God, Yoda and the Election-Year Fear Monster Mik Moore 2010
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More Giants Packing Confidence It would be simple-minded to argue that anyone could lead Green Bay's offense as well.
Is It Rodgers, or Just the Packers' System? Chris Herring 2012
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That raising children is old-fashioned and simple-minded.
Katie Hawkes: The Burqa Ban: Another Misguided Step Toward So-Called Equality Katie Hawkes 2010
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That raising children is old-fashioned and simple-minded.
Katie Hawkes: The Burqa Ban: Another Misguided Step Toward So-Called Equality Katie Hawkes 2010
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That raising children is old-fashioned and simple-minded.
Katie Hawkes: The Burqa Ban: Another Misguided Step Toward So-Called Equality Katie Hawkes 2010
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That raising children is old-fashioned and simple-minded.
Katie Hawkes: The Burqa Ban: Another Misguided Step Toward So-Called Equality Katie Hawkes 2010
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A simple-minded target, easily over-taken and dominated.
The Mating Call Of The North American Female Sounds Like The Deep Bellow Of A Birthing Moose Erin Zulkoski 2011
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