"simple-minded" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more simple-minded [comparative], most simple-minded [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} simple-minded (comparative more simple-minded, superlative most simple-minded)
  1. Lacking subtlety or sophistication. Translations (Lacking subtlety or sophistication): прастаду́шны (prastadúšny) (Belarusian), ساده (sade) (Ottoman Turkish), طوی (toy) (Ottoman Turkish), prostoduszny (Polish), простоду́шный (prostodúšnyj) (Russian), простоду́шний (prostodúšnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-simple-minded-en-adj-JsjS0IAq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with East Central German translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with East Central German translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 82 18 Synonyms: artless, childlike, clueless, credulous, dewy-eyed [idiomatic], cute, fleeceable, green [idiomatic], guileless, ingenuous, innocent, jejune, Panglossian, Panglossic, quaint, simple, simple-hearted, simple-minded, starry-eyed, unaffected, undesigning, unpretentious, unsophisticated, untested, unworldly, wide-eyed, immature, born yesterday, wet behind the ears, virgin Disambiguation of 'Lacking subtlety or sophistication': 82 18
  2. Lacking mental capacity; feeble-minded. Translations (Lacking mental capacity): 頭腦簡單 /头脑简单 (Chinese Cantonese), aafaltich (East Central German), heikkomielinen (Finnish), heikkolahjainen (Finnish), yksinkertainen (Finnish), vähäjärkinen (Finnish), simple d’esprit (French), simplet (French), aertha (Irish), simplí (Irish), enfoldig (Norwegian Bokmål), simplón (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-simple-minded-en-adj-JO14flnz Disambiguation of 'Lacking mental capacity': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: simple-mindedly, simple-mindedness

Alternative forms

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