simple-minded
Example Sentences
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In Ridley Scott’s simple-minded sociological study “The Dog Stars,” an influenza epidemic wiped out the majority of our squabblesome species sometime during the last decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
Now I was simple-minded it seemed I attracted clean, handsome people.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
