variants
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
Rather than feeling triumphant at how believable ELIZA was, Weizenbaum was depressed by how gullible people seemed to be.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Teenagers, despite our best efforts to educate them in open-minded ways, are gullible and therefore vulnerable.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, artificial intelligence makes political deepfakes ever more sophisticated and capable of fooling gullible voters into believing their lies.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025
The team defines a goofy as someone gullible, easily influenced, a follower.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
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Russia is a tyranny, which makes some of us feel naive.—
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Some biologists believe that as much as 25 percent of the diet of some coyote packs in LA in the naive 1980s was human food.—
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The human brain is highly susceptible to often unproductive mind-wandering, and modern technology has only made the problem worse.—
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Common Pests and Diseases Like all plants, hoyas can be susceptible to pests and diseases.—
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In October 2023, Jemma DeCristo tweeted on social media there’s easy access to Zionist journalists who spread propaganda and misinformation.—
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HotHands Hand Warmers are a convenient and easy way to stay warm and provide a boost of heat without taking extra layers.—
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“Gullible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullible. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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