overcredulous

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcredulous
Adjective
  • At first, the backlash received largely uncritical coverage.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 July 2025
  • Avoid both uncritical enthusiasm and reflexive opposition.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • Critics say internal panic over this dynamic caused Fox to give overly credulous coverage to false claims of election fraud.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 19 July 2025
  • To those of us who look to the Doctor to represent a kind of super-powered secular humanism, the show's credulous embrace of religion and superstition feels like a breach of contract with the viewer.
    Glen Weldon, NPR, 7 June 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
  • Clearly, these governors and the state legislators believe their constituents who voted them into office are so gullible that facts and truth are unnecessary.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
  • Those who get the fish placed on their backs are seen as gullible.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Chemirmir, 49, quietly smothered elderly women, making their deaths look unsuspicious, and stole their jewelry, according to police and prosecutors in Dallas and Collin counties.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2022
Adjective
  • Alligator Alcatraz, which sits inside Big Cypress National Preserve, is susceptible to a hurricane strike from nearly any direction.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Not to mention, antibiotics aren’t always effective at killing drug-resistant bugs, and each UTI leaves you more susceptible to future infections, creating a vicious cycle.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In 2006, 25-year-old chef Gabriel Rucker opened an unsuspecting French bistro in Portland’s East side and Malek says, overnight people were obsessed.
    Anna Haines, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
  • The office will check for a verified address and then send a letter to the unsuspecting recipient.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • Even Portugal, who have been naive defensively but have considerable pace in attack, could threaten in transition, and Italy will need to shore up that element of their game to avoid being caught out.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 4 July 2025
  • So, the whole thing just seems naive from people who’ve been oppressed by this murderous regime for 46 years.
    Fiction Non Fiction July 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
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“Overcredulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcredulous. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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