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simpleminded

[sim-puhl-mahyn-did, -mahyn-] / ˈsɪm pəlˈmaɪn dɪd, -ˌmaɪn- /


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In recent years, moviegoers have encountered several pictures that tackled our anxious AI age — “M3GAN,” “Companion,” “Sheep in the Box” — but “Klara and the Sun” is easily the most simpleminded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

They use that intelligence — which is part of what corrupted them — to prey on more simpleminded folk who are virtuous.

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

It also boils down the research efforts of an entire university to a single number to be used for simpleminded ranking.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 19, 2019

Twitter too often makes its users more hotheaded and simpleminded than they really are.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 14, 2015

Have the streets of Lake turned me into some simpleminded girl?

From "Legend" by Marie Lu


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