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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That simplicity feels so apt for this show, There's enough here: The production is simple and sweet, while Jonas and Warren exude a certain magnetism.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Kit kept things simple with a traditional dark blue suit, pairing the look with a white shirt and polkadot bowtie and his usual glasses.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The economic case for implementing those other policies is more straightforward than the case for tariffs.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Getting to their stadium is mostly straightforward with the Gtech Community Stadium, which has a capacity of under 18,000 and opened in 2020, sitting at the side of Kew Bridge.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
7 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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His turn toward politics is probably one of the biggest things to happen to any Marvel character offscreen, right up there with Hulk becoming intelligible between Avengers movies and Tony Stark and Pepper Potts breaking up and reuniting about a dozen times.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 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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With these women having formidable 400-meter performances, there was no clear sign of who would reign victorious.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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But new research suggests zeroing in on your daily heart rate and step count—and taking an extra second to crunch those numbers—could provide a clearer view into your cardiovascular health.—
Cathy Cassata,
Health,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Uncomplicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncomplicated. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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