simple-minded

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There's no distinction made here for what sources of calcium or vitamin D. Nutrition and health are far more complex than a simple minded read such as this.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2017

Small talk is for “those who are too simple minded or lack the attention span to engage in more weighty conversations.”

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2016

Although simple minded people took Sybille for a witch, nothing in her features recalled those usually ascribed to old women possessed of the evil spirit—hooked nose and chin, cavernous eyes and an owlish aspect.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

The Amendment nullifies sophisticated as well as simple minded modes of discrimination.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel

In that neighbourhood, he was always spoken of as a remarkably simple minded man, being quiet and settled in appearance when about his daily work or any ordinary pursuit.

From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney