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| NOUN: | One deficient in judgment and good sense: ass, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simpleton, softhead, tomfool. Informal : dope, gander, goose. Slang : cretin, ding-dong, dip, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey. See ABILITY. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Free from guile, cunning, or deceit: artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, unaffected, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly. See HONEST. 2. Having only a limited ability to learn and understand: backward, dull, simple-minded, slow, slow-witted. Informal : soft. Offensive : feeble-minded, half-witted, retarded, weak-minded. See ABILITY. 3. Without addition, decoration, or qualification: bald, bare, dry, plain, unadorned, unvarnished. See PLAIN. 4. Posing no difficulty: easy, effortless, facile, smooth. Informal : snap. Idioms: easy as ABC, easy as falling off a log, easy as one-two-three, easy as pie, like taking candy from a baby, nothing to it. See EASY. 5. Of little distinction: humble, lowly, mean2. See PLAIN. 6. Not elaborate or showy, as in appearance or style: modest, plain, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretentious. See PLAIN. 7. Free from extraneous elements: absolute, perfect, plain, pure, sheer2, unadulterated, undiluted, unmixed. See CLEAN.
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