adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
rather
▪
We should also not make the rather simplistic assumption that co-residence implies a strong bond between relatives.
▪
I have actually been rather simplistic in my distinctions.
▪
This is a rather simplistic argument.
▪
Thankfully, the world of stews does not begin and end with the rather simplistic beef stew of yesteryear.
▪
The model as discussed may appear rather simplistic , and there are qualifications that might be made. 1.
too
▪
That's unfair and far too simplistic .
▪
But that model appears to be too simplistic .
▪
More recent evidence suggests this picture is too simplistic .
▪
But that would be a little too simplistic .
▪
The concept of a north-south divide was always too simplistic and sweeping.
▪
The question of whether this administration is willing to obey the law is too simplistic , we are told.
▪
It would be too simplistic an approach to such a society to say that hi dominated.
▪
Above all, it is far too simplistic .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
a simplistic 'more is better' philosophy
▪
a naïve and simplistic view of the world
▪
His critics say it may have been overly simplistic to use only two experimental methods.
▪
It would be simplistic to suggest that the Bible promotes male domination.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Both would cost us dear with their simplistic solutions.
▪
But that would be a little too simplistic .
▪
But this simplistic account of that crucial phase of evolution has not stood the test of modern investigation.
▪
That's unfair and far too simplistic .
▪
They argue that Marx's class analysis is too simplistic to account adequately for the complexity of social inequality.
▪
This could inadvertently promote a simplistic zoning pattern in local authority policies.
▪
This is not only simplistic but it is even ignorant of pain-provoking peripheral nerve fibres now known to exist in man.