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gullible
/ ˈɡʌləbəl /
adjective
- easily taken in or tricked
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Derived Forms
- ˈgullibly, adverb
- ˌgulliˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- gulli·bili·ty noun
- gulli·bly adverb
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Example Sentences
And finally, this is who most of our political press is—gullible enough to be surprised by either of the first two.
How could she—and the 56 percent of women who voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 election—have been so gullible?
Some of it was just general-purpose paranoia, designed to trick money out of the pockets of the fearful and gullible.
Are you extremely gullible or are you just very, very forgiving?
She cynically manipulated her gullible enthusiasts, knowing all the while that she never intended to run.
You see the name at every turn, and the gullible Americans bite, chew, and swallow.
Poor gullible Pekka immediately suspended himself on the chain above his porridge.
To my gullible apprehension, it seems eminently appropriate.
What moved his satiric vein was that they all had to be gulled—and were all gullible.
He knew that an unduly suspicious nature is as bad as a gullible one.
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