"simple-minded" meaning in English

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Adjective

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), khờ (Vietnamese), khờ khạo (Vietnamese), khờ dại (Vietnamese), dại khờ (Vietnamese), dại (Vietnamese)
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  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': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: simple-mindedly, simple-mindedness

Alternative forms

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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "Lacking mental capacity",
      "word": "heikkolahjainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "Lacking mental capacity",
      "word": "yksinkertainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "Lacking mental capacity",
      "word": "vähäjärkinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Lacking mental capacity",
      "word": "simple d'esprit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Lacking mental capacity",
      "word": "simplet"
    },
    {
      "code": "gmw-ecg",
      "lang": "East Central German",
      "lang_code": "gmw-ecg",
      "sense": "Lacking mental capacity",
      "word": "aafaltich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "Lacking mental capacity",
      "word": "aertha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "Lacking mental capacity",
      "word": "simplí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "Lacking mental capacity",
      "word": "enfoldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Lacking mental capacity",
      "word": "simplón"
    }
  ],
  "word": "simple-minded"
}

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