simpleminded

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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

Francis McDermott plays the same role she always plays, but this time with simpleminded nastiness that does not ring true.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2018

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

From The New Yorker • Nov. 14, 2015

But Deresiewicz is determined to wrench the exquisite novels into simpleminded “teachable moments.”

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2013

All that was left of her own blood was Hodor, the simpleminded giant who worked in the stables, but Old Nan just lived on and on, doing her needlework and telling her stories.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin