overcredulous

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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
  • 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
  • In the midst of tragedy came a small offering of knowledge from an unsuspecting source.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 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 9 Nov. 2025.

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