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Simple

Unmixed; not aggravated or compounded.

A simple assault, for example, is one that is not accompanied by any circumstances of aggravation, such as assault with a deadly weapon.

Simple interest is a fixed amount paid in exchange for a sum of money lent. The interest generated on the amount borrowed does not itself earn interest, unlike interest earned where parties agree to compound interest.

simple

adjective artless, bare, basal, basic, clear, crude, downright, elemental, elementary, frank, free of duplicity, fundamental, guileless, homespun, inartificial, incomplex, inconditus, ingenuous, intelligible, irreducible, mere, natural, open, plain, primary, pure, rudimentary, rustic, simple-minded, simplified, sincere, sincerus, single, straightforward, unadorned, unadulterated, unaffected, unalloyed, uncombined, uncomplicated, uncompounded, unconstrained, undecorated, understandable, unembellished, uninvolved, unmingled, unmixed, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unstudied, unvarnished, without confusion
Associated concepts: simple assault, simple battery, simple contract, simple larceny, simple will

SIMPLE. Not compounded, alone; as, simple interest, which is interest on the principal sum lent only and not interest on the interest; simple contract, &c.

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Chin also argued that while making a simpler system for everyone would be an arduous task, it may be easier to simplify the process for some, but not others.

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I can visualize issues and make them clearer and simpler.

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Source: Search for a Simpler Way Study, The Jensen Group

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and our country considers toppling militarily the leader of another sovereign state (World War II, at least in retrospect, was a lot simpler ethically).

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Auspex's NSc3000 is the first SAN-to-NAS gateway capable of storing and accessing files on heterogeneous storage subsystems, providing simpler and less expensive management of data assets.

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Simulation is now also simpler when it comes to thick, chunky parts that are not accurately approximated by a midplane model.

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One tragic incident that befell Harry's community in those simpler times was the day the Spoilers came to his village and destroyed its Sacred Hill.

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When we make a requirement simpler to understand and simpler to comply with, we make it simpler for our office to determine compliance," says Hiram Bernstein, senior legal advisor for the USPTO.

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These smaller, simpler devices offer significant advantages.

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Darwinian theory holds that by a process of natural selection, simpler organisms evolve into more complex ones.

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At first glance, the formal sensibilities of this rather loose aggregate of seven(1) firms would seem to indicate an abrupt break from those of their big-budget, high-profile, expressionistic predecessors (and in many cases mentors): aesthetically, a more subtle palette of materials, a simpler vocabulary of forms.