Simple

/ˈsɪm.pəl/ · adjective

Meaning

Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added..

Definitions by Sense

1. Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
2. Easy; not difficult.
3. Without ornamentation; plain.
4. Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
5. Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
6. (archaic) Trivial; insignificant.
7. (now colloquial, euphemistic) Feeble-minded; foolish.
8. (heading, technical) Structurally uncomplicated.

Example Sentences

We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?

Primitive people, colossally ignorant of the cause of disease and of curative processes, attributed to supernatural agencies any causes and effects for which their simple minds could give no natural explanations.

The simplest soliton is the domain wall with co-dimension one, and the next simplest is the vortex with co-dimension two, whereas the co-dimension three (four) soliton is called monopole (instanton).

There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.

Point-free coding is a byproduct of adopting declarative programming. You can use point-free coding without FP. But because point-free is all about improving the readability of code at a glance and making it simpler to parse, having the guarantees imposed by FP furthers this cause.

Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them.

Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue?

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. The vision of genius comes by renouncing the too officious activity of the understanding, and giving leave and amplest privilege to the spontaneous sentiment.

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• simpler
• more simple
• simplest
• most simple
• simples
• simpling
• simpled

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