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
But that doesn’t mean that the decision extends in all settings or that the extension is a simplistic cookie cutter, as the letter seems to suggest.
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Unlike the World War II generation, Trump possessed no overarching—if simplistic—framework for his foreign policy.
—Steven Gillon / Made By History, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
In this simplistic binary, the future of humanity can only follow two starkly divergent paths: one notionally leading to nearly limitless prosperity on Earth and beyond, the other leading nowhere besides the collapse of our global civilization and ultimately human extinction.
—Rebecca Charbonneau, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2025
Broad simplistic pronouncements, either positive or negative, to advance a political agenda should be viewed with suspicion.
—Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 3 Feb. 2025
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Unlike the World War II generation, Trump possessed no overarching—if simplistic—framework for his foreign policy.
—Steven Gillon / Made By History, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
In this simplistic binary, the future of humanity can only follow two starkly divergent paths: one notionally leading to nearly limitless prosperity on Earth and beyond, the other leading nowhere besides the collapse of our global civilization and ultimately human extinction.
—Rebecca Charbonneau, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2025
Broad simplistic pronouncements, either positive or negative, to advance a political agenda should be viewed with suspicion.
—Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simplistic
Adjective
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But in the transactional world of Trump, Musk, and DOGE, the concept of career civil servants taking lower-paying, apolitical work to serve an intangible greater good is naive at best.—
Adam Chandler,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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The idea sounds simple, even naive: Fix the money, fix the world.—
Bryan Benson,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But with a change as simple as adding a bistro table and chairs, these cozy nooks become inviting oases to use regularly.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Mar. 2025
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But there's a simple—and so easy-to-remember—method that will make the packing process easy every time: the 5-4-3-2-1 method.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The pair settle right away into the half-affectionate, half-annoyed, goofy childish dynamic recognizable to adult siblings everywhere — to the amusement and occasional irritation of Frank, a locally beloved good old boy who’s only the teeny-tiniest bit prone to vanity and corruption.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.—
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Commutations for unsophisticated folk who had been over-sentenced would have been defensible, but impunity for practitioners of political violence is what doomed the Weimar Republic.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Feb. 2025
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But Betancourt’s classmates found his take prudish and unsophisticated.—
Jake Nevins,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Simplistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simplistic. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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