uncomplicatedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkɒmplᵻkeɪtᵻd/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkɒmplᵻkeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈkɑmpləˌkeɪdᵻd/ a. (un- prefix1 2.)
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > not complex
simple1555
plain1589
incomplexed1628
incomplex1658
incomplicate1686
uncomplicated1792
straightforward1833
straight-up-and-down1859
simplicist1904
simplicistic1920
low-level1923
the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adjective] > composed of one part
singlea1387
simplea1398
simplexa1398
uncompound1541
uncomposed1570
incompounded1603
uncombined1611
uncompounded1615
incomplexed1628
incomposed1634
uncoacted1642
incomplex1658
elementalish1671
incomposite1677
incomplicate1686
uncomplex1702
incompound1735
uncomplicated1792
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Uncomplicated, not complicated.]
1792 E. Burke Let. to H. Langrishe in Wks. VI. 369 You may leave that deliberation of a parliamentary reform..uncomplicated and unembarrassed with the other question.
1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics viii. §51. 139 Observing, in their uncomplicated forms, what are the negative conditions to harmonious social life.
1881 Macmillan's Mag. 43 359/2 The worship..in its primitive form, and uncomplicated with elements of later mythic growth.
b. spec. in Pathology.
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1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 456/1 In a simple and uncomplicated case [of necrosis] recovery is nearly certain.
1871 A. Meadows Man. Midwifery (ed. 2) 418 Thus what was originally simple uncomplicated local inflammation may become a specific contagious disease.
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