apparent simplicity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofapparentandsimplicity
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apparent
adjective
uk/əˈpær.ənt/us/əˈper.ənt/
able to be seen ...
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simplicity
noun[U]
uk/sɪmˈplɪs.ə.ti/us/sɪmˈplɪs.ə.t̬i/
the fact that something is easy to understand ...
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(Definition ofapparentandsimplicityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofapparent simplicity
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Theapparentsimplicityof the act of repeating a nonword is, however, deceptive.
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Behind theapparentsimplicityof the question lies a tangled web of definitions.
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The power of this installation lies in itsapparentsimplicity.
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However, this care over fundamentals, andapparentsimplicity, should not obscure the profundity and importance of the conclusions reached.
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This viewpoint has been highly influential - as evidenced by the large number of conservation-with-development projects implemented in recent years - yet itsapparentsimplicityis misleading.
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Theapparentsimplicityof this action for the musician belies the repetition or practice required to forge these associations.
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Behind thisapparentsimplicity, however, the structures surrounding the yard adapt in various ways to their particular terrain.
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Despite its brevity andapparentsimplicity, this work is a complex cultural artifact.
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Usually theapparentsimplicityof the control options disguises the complexity of the underlying physical and biological processes.
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This work convinced me that, in spite of itsapparentsimplicity, homogeneous turbulence poses a much more difficult problem than shear flows which are subject to more constraints.
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This is where we need to pause, to look more deeply at the hidden complexity beneath theapparentsimplicityof this either\\or of faith or reason.
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Theapparentsimplicityof his supplementary question conceals extremely difficult matters.
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Despite theapparentsimplicity, however, almost all cases now involve lengthy appeals, the outcome of which has been, and remains, unpredictable.
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There is no industry which is so deceptive in itsapparentsimplicityas the coal industry and so complex if you actually get down to it.
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The next is itsapparentsimplicity.
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Many other tricks are used throughout the construction in order to preserve theapparentsimplicityof the design.
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His stylized still lifes, expressionist landscapes, and portraits gave way very early to refined works of anapparentsimplicity.
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Critics were supposedly struck by the modernity andapparentsimplicityof his silhouettes.
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Despite theapparentsimplicityof his approach, he has generated many new ideas about the brain.
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