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Synonyms: Adjective
bald, bare, naked, plain, plain-vanilla, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished, unornamented, unvarnished
Antonyms: Adjective
adorned, decorated, embellished, fancy, ornamented
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The solution to the problem was relatively simple. The answer is really quite simple. There are three simple steps to follow. The camera is simple to use. Don't go into too much detail in the report. Just keep it simple and to the point. The melody is very simple. I'm a simple farmer just trying to make a living. He enjoys the simple pleasure of spending time with his wife and kids after work. Relaxing on the beach and watching the sunset is one of life's simple pleasures.
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That’s how simple and organically the brand started. — Minna Shim, Harper's BAZAAR, "The Jewelry Designer You Need to Know," 1 Feb. 2019 But this oven-baked risotto was so simple and turned out extremely tastey in my opinion. — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "June postscript: 5 unusual things you can make in an Internet-connected oven," 31 Dec. 2018 The new bridge will have to be simple and parsimonious, but not trivial. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "Renzo Piano reveals design to replace collapsed Genoa bridge," 21 Dec. 2018 Something as simple as adding weather stripping to doors and windows is a relatively inexpensive way to retain your home’s internal temperature, often paying for itself in energy savings within a year. — Barbara Eldredge, Curbed, "How to save on utility bills," 25 Jan. 2019 When Sabrina Albanese was enlisted to design a family vacation home on southern Ontario’s Lake Simcoe, her clients' requests were simple: comfortable, colorful and creative. — Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, "A Vivacious Canadian Lake House With a Joyful Sense of Irreverence," 24 Dec. 2018 By sticking to the essentials and keeping them simple, Razer’s best version of the Hammerhead earbuds are my favorite USB-C earbuds to date. — Stefan Etienne, The Verge, "Razer Hammerhead USB-C ANC review: easy isolation," 20 Dec. 2018 To construct a ReRAM device, the researchers kept things simple: a conducting base with some of the material—molybdenum ditelluride, in this case—on top of it and another electrode layered on top of that. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Researchers make RAM from a phase change we don’t entirely understand," 18 Dec. 2018 The @AmericanExpress Cash Magnet Card helps keep it simple. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "Everything Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Rachel Brosnahan Learned From Hosting Her First Holiday Party," 7 Dec. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Pure Cycles is on a mission to get back to those roots—and is making purchasing a bike simple and affordable again. — Popular Mechanics, "Get Ready to Ride This Spring with These Affordable Bikes," 23 Jan. 2019 The district has made registration simple with a new, online pre-registration process. — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, "Northwest tweaks attendance areas for its new elementary schools," 2 July 2018 Take the idea one step further, as the authors of Canal House Cooks Every Daydo, and make a rich simple syrup by combining two parts sugar to one part water. — Alex Van Buren, Health.com, "Why Basil Is So Good for You—Plus 14 Ways to Use More of It All Summer Long," 14 May 2018 Still, investors have been reluctant to put more money into gas drillers, and the reason is simple: Gas has been cheap for years and doesn’t look primed to go up soon. — Christopher M. Matthews, WSJ, "Side Effect of Rising Oil Drilling: Indigestion for Gas Frackers," 13 June 2018 According to Victoria Hunter, co-founder of Whittemore House salon and the colorist behind the actress' new look, the blonde decision was simple: Liu was ready for a change. — Samantha Sasso, refinery29.com, "Lucy Liu Bleached Her Hair Blonde — & It Looks So Good," 25 May 2018 The conventional rules for drinking wine are simple: red wine with red meat, white wine with white meat, and rosé for the summer. — Rae Witte, Esquire, "What to Drink When You Want to Break the Wine-Pairing Rules," 2 Feb. 2018 The reason McAdoo didn’t go to Webb at first is pretty simple: Webb had not taken a series with the first-unit offensive through the regular season. — Peter King, SI.com, "Washington Swaps Out Kirk Cousins for Alex Smith, But Did The Team Improve?," 31 Jan. 2018 This simple boiled egg hit the sweet spot and refueled me, in the best way. — Lorraine Allen, Good Housekeeping, "My Child Has a Severe Allergy, But I Secretly Ate Her Forbidden Food Anyway," 20 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'simple.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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