Meaning & use
simpleton
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a person regarded as foolish, gullible, or lacking common sense.
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Only a simpleton would fall for such an obvious scam.
The villagers dismissed him as a simpleton, though he was secretly quite clever.
A note on using this word
Simpleton is an old-fashioned, somewhat literary insult; modern casual speech more often uses words like 'idiot' or 'dummy.'
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