over-facile
adjective
(alsooverfacile)uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈfæs.aɪl/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈfæs.əl/toosimple, and notthoughtthrough enough:
Hespendshisfreetimepaintinglandscapesand writing overfacilepoetry.
As adirector, sherefusestoprovideaudienceswithscenesthat give over-facile andimmediatepleasure.
- Theyrespondedtoourqueries, often in overfacileways,implyingthat theyfeltwe did notfullyunderstandthesituation.
- Sheexpressedthe over-facileopinionthatchildhoodexperienceswere at therootof hisactions.
- Tocomparethecurrentcrisisto that of twoyearsago is an overfacileanalogywhich we do notaccept.
- She is ahighlyaccomplishedpainter, but sometimes over-facile in herexpression.
Easiness and simplicity
- (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a logidiom
- a piece of cakeidiom
- accessibility
- at the push of a buttonidiom
- at the stroke of a penidiom
- be (all) downhillidiom
- doss
- friendly
- gift
- gimme
- give/handsomethingtosomeoneon a (silver) platteridiom
- handily
- painless
- platter
- presto
- probs
- rarefied
- the path of least resistanceidiom
- walkaway
- walkover