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also gullable
as in naive
readily taken advantage of
wished that his brother weren't so gullible as to believe he could win the fixed carnival game if he kept playing it
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Recent Examples of gullible
So be careful out there folks and don’t be gullible.
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Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Until, of course, someone convinces a gullible public—or a U.S. senator—that all research currency, new and old, is created equal.
—Adam Marcus, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
Their nation now appeared vulnerable and gullible in the eyes of the world—and they’d been cheated out of $7,000.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
But this young man has shown me how others see me now: old, gullible, vulnerable.
—Fabiola Santiago, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
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Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Until, of course, someone convinces a gullible public—or a U.S. senator—that all research currency, new and old, is created equal.
—Adam Marcus, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
Their nation now appeared vulnerable and gullible in the eyes of the world—and they’d been cheated out of $7,000.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
But this young man has shown me how others see me now: old, gullible, vulnerable.
—Fabiola Santiago, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gullible
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“Gullible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullible. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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