Simple-minded

Simple-minded
Simple-minded Sim"ple-mind`ed, a. Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. --Blackstone. -- {Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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