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simple

Dictionary definition · simple

noun

  1. any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
  2. a person lacking intelligence or common sense

adjective

  1. having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved"a simple problem"
  2. easy and not involved or complicated"an elementary problem in statistics"
  3. apart from anything else; without additions or modifications"only the bare facts"
  4. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity"childlike trust"
  5. lacking mental capacity and subtlety
  6. (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
  7. unornamented"a simple country schoolhouse"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).