simplistic
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But they endure because that optimism is, as a song from the musical has it, a little “cockeyed,” not simplistic or saccharine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
In my view, that is a little too simplistic.
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026
Yet it is too simplistic to say that Powell was simply very unlucky.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
"You have to view it from the context of what went before, and shirts were fairly plain and simplistic in design," John Blair, author of A Culture of Kits, told BBC World Service's Sporting Witness.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
For all his contributions, Broadbent’s assumption turned out to be simplistic in much the same way that, before Helmholtz, people thought reaction time was immediate, infinite.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Vocabulary lists containing simplistic
'Tis A Gift To Be Simple: Words For National Simplicity Day
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