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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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The results were hilarious, but Gould also won hearts as the affable (if a bit gullible) victim of the ruse.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Chamberlain was gullible and naïve, and Chamberlain’s appeasement to Hitler is considered one of the biggest betrayals in modern history.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 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
This hardcore credulousness first began when Obama issued a favorite TV and sci-fi movie list in 2016 to maintain his grip on the minds of gullible followers.
—Armond White, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Chamberlain was gullible and naïve, and Chamberlain’s appeasement to Hitler is considered one of the biggest betrayals in modern history.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 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
This hardcore credulousness first began when Obama issued a favorite TV and sci-fi movie list in 2016 to maintain his grip on the minds of gullible followers.
—Armond White, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Gullible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullible. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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