overcredulous

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcredulous
Adjective
  • There’s really nothing a politician desires more than an uncritical propaganda platform.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Then there’s a turn, when the human impact of the case comes to the fore and what the creators presume to be our uncritical fascination with murder schlock is challenged.
    Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Guy seems pretty credulous here, especially after Doris tells him, finally, about the fate of poor Soledad.
    Lily Osler, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
  • While its authors—a coterie of left-wing editors and writers—kept people guessing, the book found a credulous audience across the political spectrum.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And find a way for your agent or a trustful intermediary to tell the Heat, too.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
  • Creating lasting, trustful relationships with clients takes patience, persistence, and a commitment to your values.
    Medhat Zaki, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Many gullible liberal elites pretend that the radical jihadists of Hamas do not represent the broader Palestinian-Arab population, but that is a lie.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Edelman brings goofy charm to Adam, a gullible and guileless father of four, while Key is consistently funny as the simpering Ken.
    Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Gerger quoted from a transcript of Mirhashemi’s interviews with the feds, including Mirhashemi suggesting that Legends and OVG had unsuspicious—and lawful—reasons to join forces.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • However, as with other recent crises, unrelated media from other fires has dropped into the online conversation, drawing in otherwise unsuspicious viewers.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The deterioration in the labor market has been concentrated in payroll employment, which is the [datapoint] that is the most susceptible to demographic and immigration changes.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • However, Arizona's hot and dry desert climate made Gilbert susceptible to drought and wildfires, causing the low ranking in natural disaster risk.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • After Sage Ahrens-Nichols and Jawan Pitts flipped away from original Uli, Nate was vulnerable once the new coalition believed there was no way Rizo Velovic would ever play his immunity idol for the Rad Dad so decided to load all of their votes on the unsuspecting victim.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The story revolves around an ancient species of carnivorous piranhas that are unleashed in the lake, leading to a bloody and wild fight for survival among the unsuspecting revelers.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Ma’s description of enormous, glistening grocery stores could be explained as the musings of a person who longs for stability and plentitude, or of a naive character who thinks of America as a land of boundless riches.
    Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025
  • But these juvenile white sharks may be naive to orcas.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Overcredulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcredulous. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.

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