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simplistic
adjective sim·plis·tic \sim-ˈplis-tik\
: too simple : not complete or thorough enough : not treating or considering all possibilities or parts
Full Definition of SIMPLISTIC
1
: simple
2
: of, relating to, or characterized by simplism : oversimple <adequate, if occasionally simplistic, historical background — Harlow Robinson>
— sim·plis·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of SIMPLISTIC
circa 1881
Rhymes with SIMPLISTIC
artistic, autistic, ballistic, Buddhistic, cladistic, cubistic, deistic, ekistic, eristic, faunistic, floristic, heuristic, holistic, hubristic, juristic, linguistic, logistic, meristic, monistic, patristic, phlogistic, puristic, sophistic, statistic, stylistic, Taoistic, theistic, Thomistic, touristic, tropistic, truistic, veristic, Yahwistic
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