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
However, this solution is best suited for small-scale teams or simplistic use cases.
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Modern kitchens are known for their simplistic, streamlined look.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
The blame game is overly simplistic, several executives said.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
With back-to-back fights with Baragon and a gigantic octopus (who arrives with no explanation), Frankenstein’s kinship with King Kong – a simplistic empathy and wrestler-like physical prowess – has never felt clearer.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Modern kitchens are known for their simplistic, streamlined look.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
The blame game is overly simplistic, several executives said.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
With back-to-back fights with Baragon and a gigantic octopus (who arrives with no explanation), Frankenstein’s kinship with King Kong – a simplistic empathy and wrestler-like physical prowess – has never felt clearer.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simplistic
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Ma’s description of enormous, glistening grocery stores could be explained as the musings of a person who longs for stability and plentitude, or of a naive character who thinks of America as a land of boundless riches.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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But these juvenile white sharks may be naive to orcas.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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According to Bruce Blair, a former Air Force launch officer and nuclear policy expert, between 1962 and the mid-1970s the most powerful digits on the globe were simple – eight zeros.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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That something as simple as a COVID vaccine might improve survival in cancer patients receiving standard immunotherapy has taken oncologists by surprise — in a good way.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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For Candy, getting to play the unsophisticated traveling salesman, a big man like himself, gave him an opportunity to showcase both his flair for broad comedy and, for the first time onscreen, his innate vulnerability.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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And there’s been this story that retail investors are unsophisticated.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Simplistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simplistic. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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