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uncomplicated

/ˈʌnˌkɑmpləˈkeɪdɪd/
/ənˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/
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If something is uncomplicated, it's simple or obvious, like an uncomplicated art project for little kids or uncomplicated instructions from your teacher.

If something requires a lot of thought, planning, or many steps, it's complicated — intricate or confusing. Add the prefix un-, or "not," and you get the opposite, uncomplicated. You can use this adjective for anything you think of as "a piece of cake" or "easy as pie." Eating a piece of cake or pie is uncomplicated. Baking them? That's a bit more complicated.

Definitions of uncomplicated
  1. adjective
    lacking complexity
    “small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring”
    synonyms: unsophisticated
    simple
    having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
  2. adjective
    easy and not involved or complicated
    “found an uncomplicated solution to the problem”
    easy
    posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
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