as in naive
lacking in sophistication
a simplistic belief in claims of the product's effectiveness simplistic thinking
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Recent Examples of simplistic
Such analysis is overly simplistic, failing to account for Soto’s impact on attendance and other forms of revenue.
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Some were perplexed by its location, while others were enchanted by the simplistic nature of a home from a time long gone.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2025
The animation in short films up until that point had been silly, vaudeville-inflected; mostly featuring animals because humans were too hard to draw in an appealing way — mostly with static and unchanging expressions, on flat, simplistic backgrounds.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
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Black holes are enigmatic yet simplistic astronomical forces at the center of science fiction and scientific discovery alike.
—Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Some were perplexed by its location, while others were enchanted by the simplistic nature of a home from a time long gone.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2025
The animation in short films up until that point had been silly, vaudeville-inflected; mostly featuring animals because humans were too hard to draw in an appealing way — mostly with static and unchanging expressions, on flat, simplistic backgrounds.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news
Black holes are enigmatic yet simplistic astronomical forces at the center of science fiction and scientific discovery alike.
—Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simplistic
Adjective
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Ravi asks, an astoundingly naive question for a show like 9-1-1.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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In the February 1984 issue: Latin America: A media stereotype Over time, Vargas Llosa realized that this kind of reflexive leftism was naive.—
Ilan Stavans,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Will people be more open and accept that a simple, inexpensive date isn’t the sign of low effort but rather a reflection of the economy none of us asked for?—
Myisha Battle,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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The simplest way, Studholme suggests, is to use one group of neutrals or a tone on tone graduation of the same color, such as Pigeon, Blue Gray, Muzzle and Cromarty from Farrow & Ball, for example.—
Ariel Okin,
Vogue,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The childish use of vulgar profanity simply leads peoople to view the speaker as being unable to express his/her view.—
Letters to the editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2025
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One standout was Helena Bonham Carter’s Red Queen running around the palace like a childish tyrant.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The group writes its malware in relatively unsophisticated scripting languages like VBScript and Powershell rather than the C++ used by savvier hackers.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Each of those words is unsophisticated alone and devastating when strung together.—
Joel Stein,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Simplistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simplistic. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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