simplistic solution

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meaningsofsimplisticandsolution

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simplistic
adjective
uk
/sɪmˈplɪs.tɪk/us
/sɪmˈplɪs.tɪk/
making something complicated seem simple by ignoring important parts ...
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solution
noun
uk
/səˈluː.ʃən/us
/səˈluː.ʃən/
the answer to ...
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(Definition ofsimplisticandsolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thesimplisticsolutionwould be to go for deadpan performances.
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Thissimplisticsolutionshould be resisted, however, for two reasons.
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This, however, is asimplisticsolution, which can only be partial, and which does not allow for adaptation to all the realities in the field.
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In any case, such asimplisticsolutionignores the problem of land drainage and piping difficulties, and the requirements of a few remaining industrial concerns.
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As for the education/research/innovation triangle, thesimplisticsolutionof indiscriminately injecting money into research must be avoided.
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Thesimplisticsolutionof holding a referendum is not required.
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But surely we owe it to them to shun thesimplisticsolutionin which the level and severity of the punishment is merely increased.
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It is not correct to say that we are seeking to arrive at asimplisticsolutionand to ask for a royal road to success.
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However, it is extremely dangerous to encourage the idea that there is asimplisticsolutionthat can wish the problem away.
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We are wrong to pretend that there is asimplisticsolutionto the problem.
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I am not trying to pretend that it is or that we have some greatsimplisticsolution.
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After all, it suggests a singlesimplisticsolutionto all the problems of the engineering profession.
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There is nosimplisticsolutionto unemployment.
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However, the more that we look into questions of crime prevention the less we think that anysimplisticsolution, such as stiffer sentences, will bring a cure to the problem.
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Maximizing production in degraded systems is an overlysimplisticsolutionto the complex problems of hunger and economic security.
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He identifies an emotionally charged issue, conducts in-depth research into it, then proposes asimplisticsolution, usually involving restructuring of the economy or national security apparatus.
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Fisher, among others, cautions against relying on overly simplistic solutions.
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I accept, too, that we must be careful of simplistic solutions.
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