easy
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˈiːzi/
- Informal
- And the reason for that, in my opinion, is that it makes you very easy to manipulate, very predictable.
- easy prey
- an easy target
- an easy mark
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Watch on YouTubeYou know, in science, as Feynman said, the easiest person to fool is yourself.
- You know, in science, as Feynman said, the easiest person to fool is yourself.
- And then these people over here start to see us as easy prey, complicating it even more.
- The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
- Financially strapped students facing huge tuition bills were easy prey.
- Narcissists are actually really, really easy to trick, if you will.
- And the reason for that, in my opinion, is that it makes you very easy to manipulate, very predictable.
- Because clearly, obviously people understand that, that our inborn sexual nature is easy to manipulate.
- I think it's much easier to be in one and to be fooled by someone.
- Some kids are, you know, easy to to, you know, sort of keep control over their appetites.
Examples
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No wonder you people were so easy to conquer.
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"But he was funny anyway, and easy prey for George's wicked sense of humor.
Fiction book (1991) -
But I was an American woman, living alone, and therefore an easy target.
Fiction book (1990) -
Maybe that is why we are such easy prey.
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Narcissists are actually really, really easy to trick, if you will.
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Don't you constantly question your value - like why was I so easy to cast aside?
Fiction book (1999) -
If any of Wild Bob's friends had still been around, I would have been easy pickings.
Fiction book (1998) -
Don't become easy prey over such trivial matters.
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His kind demeanor made him easy to deceive, as he always trusted people too quickly.
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Because she is so trusting, others often see her as easy prey for their dishonest schemes.
Synonyms
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Easily persuaded to believe things that are not true
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Gullible
- Informal
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Morphology
Etymology
Easy comes from Old English ēaþe meaning 'simple' and is related to ease, so an 'easy' person in this sense is someone who seems 'easy to trick' or 'easy to take advantage of'.