How to Use simplistic in a Sentence

simplistic

adjective

• His interpretation of the theory was too simplistic.
• That's a very simplistic way to describe what is the joy for me.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 25 May 2022
• My kids are still in the phase of eating simplistic food.
  — Jackie Cooperman, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• That’s the over-simplistic, but spot-on sum of things with a lineup built for far more.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
• These tools are simplistic by the standards of 2023 AI.
  — Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 20 June 2023
• This set is simplistic enough to not look like nightwear.
  — Kiana Murden, CNN Underscored, 5 Aug. 2020
• So far it’s been simplistic, just line work and dot work.
  — Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
• And this is a very simplistic approach, which is not that hard to break.
  — Quanta Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
• The content was a far cry from the simplistic gameplay of Snake or Pac-Man, where the aim was to eat and stay alive.
  — Shannon Liao, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
• But on the other side, there’s just very simplistic takes on Hamas.
  — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2023
• The velcro straps work for a retro and simplistic look — one that will likely stick around for a while.
  — Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2022
• In the most simplistic sense, UCLA has gotten its karmic payback in the last two weeks.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2021
• And then to some degree, maybe, the M&A and so forth would be slightly more simplistic.
  — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 18 May 2021
• If your dress is super simplistic, your date can get wild with their prom night fit.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 29 Nov. 2022
• Much of Rogan’s comedy, here, was simplistic to the point of sketched-out.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2024
• Lupita Nyong'o's hair is simplistic and timeless with a soft curl at the ends to give it just enough volume.
  — Ann Wang, Seventeen, 9 Nov. 2022
• The boards and pieces are relatively simplistic compared to the full-sized Battleship, but the idea is the same.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
• People have been saying the whole time that her drumming was simplistic, but the band was just guitar and drums.
  — Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 1 June 2023
• Such a strict and simplistic rule is not going to be well-accepted by the public at large.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 June 2022
• Here was a 24-year-old scrapper sucking up all the oxygen with a simplistic riff on an age-old plot.
  — Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
• Phoenix will not keep it that simplistic against a player like Doncic.
  — Evan Sidery, Forbes, 2 May 2022
• And a scene that follows in which Sam is racially profiled by the police feels a bit simplistic.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2021
• But there’s still something simplistic about the way the show boils down Hernandez’s baggage to just a few key themes.
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
• Let your walls do the talking, like in this simplistic living room by Civilian Projects.
  — Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 15 Dec. 2022
• Details in the fine mahogany and walnut wood at the base level are simplistic.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Dec. 2020
• The cuisine is perfectly simplistic—fish filets with a squeeze of lemon.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 9 July 2024
• The simplistic black stool that joins the collection is from a little further back—1963, to be exact.
  — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2023
• And that balance, in and of itself, is where Randle must grow, and play a more simplistic brand of basketball.
  — Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• Clever design solutions keep the interior simple but not simplistic, giving it a light, airy and refined feel while being within a compact cabin.
  — Trinity Francis, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
• Any suggestion that a phone maker can simply shift its manufacturing base away from China to India is overly simplistic.
  — Andrew Williams, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025