simple-minded

Example Sentences

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One is the committee’s single-minded, indeed simple-minded, focus on the direct effect of the proposals on the federal deficit and national debt.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

Wolff added, "It is a simple-minded argument based on the false premise that the comparably large bureaucracies of mega-corporations and governments either do not exist or do not matter."

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2024

"This morning, ascend above the hate, the vitriol, and the simple-minded ideas that ignite violence," she said.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024

Xist consists of RNA, a substance best known for being a simple-minded messenger that shuttles genes' instructions for making proteins to the intracellular machines that make them.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

It moans and occasionally throws objects around, but is essentially simple-minded and will, at worst, growl alarmingly at anyone who stumbles across it.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling