Meaning & use
simple
Easy to understand or do; not complicated, elaborate, or difficult.
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The recipe uses just three simple ingredients you probably already have at home.
He gave a simple explanation that even the youngest students could follow.
A note on using this word
Simple can describe ease of understanding or a lack of decoration; applied to a person, it can also mean unsophisticated, so context matters.
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