simple-mindedness

NOUN

indiscretion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

error gaffe lapse miscue misjudgment recklessness

STRONG

crudeness excitability folly foolishness gaucherie goof goof-up hastiness imprudence indiscreetness ingenuousness rashness slip slipup stumble stupidity tactlessness thoughtlessness unseemliness

WEAK

bumble dropping the ball dumb move faux pas fool mistake foul-up misspeak naïveté screwup slip of the tongue

Antonyms

STRONGEST

correction

STRONG

judgment seriousness thoughtfulness wisdom

WEAK

care discreetness discretion right

Example Sentences

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Related ideas, such as “everything is pretty” or “everything is nice,” suggest a simple-mindedness that is trivial.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

Leave aside the alluring simple-mindedness of the waste/fraud/abuse solution.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2015

Here, the nostalgia seemed directed toward the 1970s, a time of material complexity and simple-mindedness.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2012

“Enron” is fast-paced, flamboyant and, despite the head-clogging intricacy of its business mathematics, lucid to the point of simple-mindedness.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2010

What I also greatly admired about him was that all the great adulation he met with never affected his simple-mindedness; his humility was remarkable.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman