Simpleton

Word SIMPLETON
Character 9
Hyphenation sim ple ton
Pronunciations /ˈsɪmpəltən/

Definitions and meanings of "Simpleton"

What do we mean by simpleton?

A person who is felt to be deficient in judgment, good sense, or intelligence; a fool. noun

A person of limited or feeble intelligence; a foolish or silly person. noun

The American dunlin, purre, or ox-bird. See cut under dunlin. noun

A person of weak intellect; a silly person. noun

A simple person lacking common sense. noun

A person lacking intelligence or common sense noun

A simple-minded person lacking common sense.

A person lacking analytical thinking skills. Urban Dictionary

A foolish person with lack of intelligence, common sense, and street smarts Urban Dictionary

An individual that lacks basic cognition of the easiest things whom is essentially the town fool. Urban Dictionary

A being of great unintelligence, always there to ruin your plans. Urban Dictionary

A person who is felt to be deficient in judgment, good sense, or intelligence; a fool. Urban Dictionary

Picked up from a black and white movie,another term for a fool.Dub for a person that is known to or is about to do a stupid thing generally used sarcastically. Urban Dictionary

Someone who drives Chevys, drinks Budweiser, listens to Nickelback, votes Republican, and basically does absolutely NO thinking on their own, at all, just does/thinks/believes what advertising/media tells them. Urban Dictionary

A fictional town inhabited by simple-minded people with a simple minded Mayor. Urban Dictionary

Different from the older usage, the newer usage of the term refers to people to over-simplify every concept. Just like there is Asperger's that is a functional version of autism, a simpleton is a functional version of the idea of an "idiot-savant." A person who can be very smart but also over-simplifies everything. A black-and-white thinker. Urban Dictionary

Fictional town of simple minded folk presided over by teh Mayor of Simpleton, teh simplest of them all. Urban Dictionary

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The word "simpleton" in example sentences

And it means you engage in simpleton, “just world” thinking. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But now when an Egyptian simpleton is tortured by the hands of a Libyan officer - a government representative - in an official police station for a prolonged period of time with the intention of torture and homicide, and when the guy is shipped back in a pile to spend the rest of his life incapacitated - when all of that happens, will we see thousands of Islamists demonstrating in his defense? ❋ Unknown (2009)

A certain simpleton was once walking along, haling his ass after him by the halter, when a pair of sharpers saw him and one said to his fellow, “I will take that ass from yonder wight.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

Because, as Mr. DeVito makes abundantly clear, there are and always have been two Yogi Berras: 1) the public celebrity — a goofy, good-natured, strange-looking (sportswriters at the time used far-worse adjectives), malaprop-spewing simpleton from the Italian slums of St. Louis and 2) the real person behind the public persona, a far more complex and intelligent character. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In D. C.'s power corridors, he's known as a simpleton, but in reality he's much more dangerous. ❋ David Bourgeois (2010)

But it seems fitting that one of the most ardent supporters of a simpleton is a simpleton. ❋ Unknown (2006)

No, you arrogant simpleton, that isn't just the way it is. ❋ Unknown (2006)

One is called a simpleton when one demands that oaths be held sacred; our crimes are nameless. ❋ GEORGE BOAS (1968)

It was not the first time that she had been called a simpleton, or some kindred name, by the out-spoken Miss ❋ Mrs. M. H. Maxwell (N/A)

Do you think, because I am called a simpleton, that I have no eyes, nor ears, nor sense? ❋ Charles Reade (1849)

And in my book a simpleton is a simpleton, whether he believes in God or not. ❋ Unknown (2009)

How did this apparent political naif, this so-called simpleton, this relic of the 19th century, become president?

SSG means Staff Sergeant of the United States Army, there bub, and it means I don't take kindly being called a simpleton or being ridiculed when you're being protected by me at night, so you should just shut your mouth and appreciate it … ❋ Unknown (2009)

Rinaldo's companion, who had taught the maid not one paternoster only, but peradventure four or more, and by giving her a little purse of white thread that a nun had given him, had made her his devotee, no sooner heard Fra Rinaldo call the simpleton into his wife's room, than he stealthily got him to a place whence he might see and hear what was going on. ❋ Giovanni Boccaccio (1344)

In a public letter, Khomeini called Montazeri a "simpleton" who was surrounded by the wrong people. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Therefor there is NOTHING preventing RAI, under the "simpleton" theory of "consumer demand" as the driver for adoption of the process, that prevents RAI from simply reverting to its former practices, is there? ❋ Peter Zura (2009)

Right or wrong, I felt called a 'simpleton' by Anon's second post. ❋ Rogers (2008)

A [simpleton's] conclusion: "[The NSA] [spies], therefore the Chinese do not." ❋ Stroydex (2013)

[michelle] [everest], simpleton ❋ Dictioanrylady (2008)

Look at that simpleton, he's [putting] [sausages] in [the toaster] ❋ Narambae (2016)

You [simpletons] [get off my lawn] [mower]! ❋ Didda Tinkle (2004)

[Go to school], you [freewheeling] simpleton! ❋ Jaeba (2003)

"Yeah, thats a really smart thing [to do you] f***[ing] [Simpleton]." ❋ Makne (2005)

My sister just got her third Dachsund and of course named it a people name: Charles; total lame yuppie-wannabe. And then Carl just bought a pickup truck, and of course it's a Chevy, his fourth one, cause he's an "[All American]", like the commercials tell him. He also had Nickelback blasting when he pulled up in it, and had a case of shitty [Budweiser] beer in the truck. God, my sister and my friend are both such a couple of [simpletons]. ❋ Aquajerk/surly (2011)

[Art] is [the Mayor of Simpleton]. ❋ Mayor Art (2005)

"Wow, that guy is a really great [programmer], but he's such a simpleton when it comes to [politics] and [economics]" ❋ Meme-warrior (2017)

"[Arty] is [the Mayor] of Simplton." ❋ Mayor Art (2005)

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