simple

simple
/'sImpFl/ adjective
1 PLAIN without a lot of decoration or unnecessary things added: a simple dress | simple but delicious food | a building constructed in a simple, classic style
2 EASY not difficult or complicated: I'm sure there's a perfectly simple explanation. | a simple but effective solution to the problem | it's not as simple as that spoken (=used to say that something is not as easy as someone thinks it is): I wish we could offer you more money but I'm afraid it's not as simple as that.
3 ONLY (only before noun) not complicated or involving anything else: Completing the race is not just a simple matter of physical fitness. | We can't do it, for the simple reason that we don't have enough time. | the simple truth/fact is (=used to emphasize the truth about something): The simple truth is, he isn't good enough for the job. | pure and simple (=without any other reason or feature): Their motive was greed, pure and simple.
4 NOT HAVING MANY PARTS consisting of only a few necessary parts: Bacteria are simple forms of life. | A knife is a simple tool.
5 ORDINARY honest and ordinary and not special in any way: Joe was just a simple farmer.
6 the simple life informal life without all the problems of the modern world, especially life in the countryside, without too many possessions, or modern machines
7 UNINTELLIGENT (not before noun) not intelligent: I'm afraid old Luke's a bit simple.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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