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Recent Examples of gullible 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 In an interview with Greg Gutfeld on Fox News in October, Kennedy suggested weight loss drugs were being pushed on to gullible Americans by foreign pharmaceutical companies that wouldn’t even market the drugs in their home countries. Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 17 Feb. 2025 There was a lot to unpack in that episode about Eli and Aimee-Leigh, who never actually believed that Y2K was a threat, just another opportunity to soak their gullible parishioners for money. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025 Bad spelling and grammar ensured that most users deleted the message, leaving only the most gullible users in the pipeline. Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gullible
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naive
Adjective
  • Modern takes on the tankini and boy short offer nostalgia without being too naive and are also seen from Candice Swaenpoel’s Topic of C line or Hunza G’s colorful styles.
    Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
  • Yet such arguments are either geopolitically naive or disingenuous.
    Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2025

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“Gullible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullible. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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