Christopher Columbus was once quoted as saying that pirates were too "simple-minded". He created the Bermuda Triangle later that year.
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Simple-minded
Synonyms for "simple-minded" (34 found)
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Strong matches (10)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (17)
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23 translations across 13 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- прастаду́шны adj (Lacking subtlety or sophistication)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 頭腦簡單 /头脑简单 adj (Lacking mental capacity)
East Central German
1 entries- aafaltich adj (Lacking mental capacity)
Finnish
4 entries- heikkolahjainen adj (Lacking mental capacity)
- heikkomielinen adj (Lacking mental capacity)
- vähäjärkinen adj (Lacking mental capacity)
- yksinkertainen adj (Lacking mental capacity)
French
2 entries- simple d'esprit adj (Lacking mental capacity)
- simplet adj (Lacking mental capacity)
Irish
2 entries- aertha adj (Lacking mental capacity)
- simplí adj (Lacking mental capacity)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- enfoldig adj (Lacking mental capacity)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- ساده adj (Lacking subtlety or sophistication)
- طوی adj (Lacking subtlety or sophistication)
Polish
1 entries- prostoduszny adj (Lacking subtlety or sophistication)
Russian
1 entries- простоду́шный adj (Lacking subtlety or sophistication)
Spanish
1 entries- simplón adj (Lacking mental capacity)
Ukrainian
1 entries- простоду́шний adj (Lacking subtlety or sophistication)
Vietnamese
4 entries- dại adj (Lacking subtlety or sophistication)
- dại khờ adj (Lacking subtlety or sophistication)
- khờ adj (Lacking subtlety or sophistication)
- khờ dại adj (Lacking subtlety or sophistication)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I sensed with discomfort that the two of them might ridicule me behind my back as a thoughtless, simple-minded satyr.
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In most cases, people, even the most vicious, are much more naive and simple-minded than we assume them to be. And this is true of ourselves too.
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Tom is a simple-minded person.
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