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simplistic
CIDE DICTIONARY
simplistic, a.
Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist. Wilkinson. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
simplistic, adj.
1 excessively or affectedly simple.
2 oversimplified so as to conceal or distort difficulties.
1 excessively or affectedly simple.
2 oversimplified so as to conceal or distort difficulties.
Derivative
simplistically adv.
THESAURUS
simplistic
arrested, backward, coarse, conceptually crude, crude, embryonic, in embryo, in ovo, in the rough, intellectually childish, oversimple, reductionistic, reductive, rough, roughcast, roughhewn, rude, rudimental, rudimentary, stunted, unblown, uncultivated, uncultured, uncut, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unlabored, unlicked, unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, untreated, unworked, unwroughtFor further exploring for "simplistic" in Webster Dictionary Online