How to Use simplistic in a Sentence

simplistic

adjective
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  • His interpretation of the theory was too simplistic.
  • And that took me away from that simplistic idea of love and hate.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2019
  • That's a very simplistic way to describe what is the joy for me.
    — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 25 May 2022
  • My kids are still in the phase of eating simplistic food.
    — Jackie Cooperman, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • That’s the over-simplistic, but spot-on sum of things with a lineup built for far more.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
  • In the most short-sighted and simplistic sense this may be true.
    — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 7 Oct. 2019
  • These tools are simplistic by the standards of 2023 AI.
    — Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 20 June 2023
  • This set is simplistic enough to not look like nightwear.
    — Kiana Murden, CNN Underscored, 5 Aug. 2020
  • So far it’s been simplistic, just line work and dot work.
    — Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
  • And this is a very simplistic approach, which is not that hard to break.
    — Quanta Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The content was a far cry from the simplistic gameplay of Snake or Pac-Man, where the aim was to eat and stay alive.
    — Shannon Liao, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
  • But on the other side, there’s just very simplistic takes on Hamas.
    — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The velcro straps work for a retro and simplistic look — one that will likely stick around for a while.
    — Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Not a bad wine though a bit simplistic with a short finish.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2020
  • In the most simplistic sense, UCLA has gotten its karmic payback in the last two weeks.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2021
  • And then to some degree, maybe, the M&A and so forth would be slightly more simplistic.
    — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 18 May 2021
  • The goal is to make a model that keeps it simple, but not simplistic.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2019
  • That is just kind of the passing game right there in a nutshell, a simplistic version of it.
    — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2019
  • If your dress is super simplistic, your date can get wild with their prom night fit.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Much of Rogan’s comedy, here, was simplistic to the point of sketched-out.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2024
  • To me, this is at best simplistic and at worst misleading.
    — Jc Gaillard, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Lupita Nyong'o's hair is simplistic and timeless with a soft curl at the ends to give it just enough volume.
    — Ann Wang, Seventeen, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The boards and pieces are relatively simplistic compared to the full-sized Battleship, but the idea is the same.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
  • People have been saying the whole time that her drumming was simplistic, but the band was just guitar and drums.
    — Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 1 June 2023
  • Such a strict and simplistic rule is not going to be well-accepted by the public at large.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • Here was a 24-year-old scrapper sucking up all the oxygen with a simplistic riff on an age-old plot.
    — Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Phoenix will not keep it that simplistic against a player like Doncic.
    — Evan Sidery, Forbes, 2 May 2022
  • And a scene that follows in which Sam is racially profiled by the police feels a bit simplistic.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The group's critics scoffed at his simplistic vision, but others became enamored with it.
    — Janelle Ash, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
  • No doubt Wilcox learned a great deal from Penrose, and loosened up, but Penrose learned so much more about the simplistic nature of progressive thought on the typical college campus.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025

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