as in simple
easy to understand, do, or use; not complicated
The plot was uncomplicated and easy to follow. uncomplicated machinery He's an uncomplicated, straightforward person.
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Recent Examples of uncomplicated
This is the allure of an uncomplicated love, a dynamic that artificial companions seem poised to replicate.
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Silvia Park, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
Bay then uses the thousands of hours of footage that the team shot for their YouTube channel to contrast their present day misgivings with the uncomplicated fearlessness of their youth.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Anecdotally, kids who get the flu seem more miserable from the symptoms than usual, though those with uncomplicated cases typically don’t go to a doctor, said Dr. Hector De Leon, a pediatrician at Kaiser Permanente’s Fort Collins location.
—Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2025
The franchise is purposefully uncomplicated in every way.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025
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Silvia Park, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
Bay then uses the thousands of hours of footage that the team shot for their YouTube channel to contrast their present day misgivings with the uncomplicated fearlessness of their youth.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
Anecdotally, kids who get the flu seem more miserable from the symptoms than usual, though those with uncomplicated cases typically don’t go to a doctor, said Dr. Hector De Leon, a pediatrician at Kaiser Permanente’s Fort Collins location.
—Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2025
The franchise is purposefully uncomplicated in every way.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncomplicated
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Asked who’d buy these gold cards during an Oval Office meeting with reporters in February, Trump had a simple answer.—
Meehika Barua,
HubSpot,
18 Apr. 2025
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The simplest way, Studholme suggests, is to use one group of neutrals or a tone on tone graduation of the same color, such as Pigeon, Blue Gray, Muzzle and Cromarty from Farrow & Ball, for example.—
Ariel Okin,
Vogue,
18 Apr. 2025
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Her journey so far on Season 27 of the series has not been straightforward.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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Opening a Swiss bank account is fairly straightforward but has to comply with strict U.S. disclosure laws.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
18 Apr. 2025
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Clear, intelligible, physical consequences for success or failure in combat are crucial to building effective battle sequences, and Wheel comfortably passes that test this week.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Library of Congress digitized a collection of Bell’s documents describing his breakthrough experiment with sound wave vibrations that could replicate intelligible sound transmitted from one place to another.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
10 Mar. 2025
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Entertainment Fans of the show on social media seem to be missing a lot of crucial character development, and there’s an obvious explanation why.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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In its wildest moments, Coogler’s film seems like a collision of Lovecraft Country with True Blood, though more obvious comparisons will likely be drawn to From Dusk Till Dawn.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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The pattern is clear, and the list of terminations is growing.—
Angel Algarin,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2025
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Read more: Steelers Could Close the Door on Aaron Rodgers, Land 134-Touchdown QB Instead Despite the clear interest between the two parties, Rodgers remains a free agent.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Uncomplicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncomplicated. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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