Improvised
Improvised adjective - Made or done without previous thought or preparation.
Simple and improvised are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Simple" instead an adjective "Improvised".
Nearby Words: improvisation, improvising
Simple
Simple adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.
Improvised and simple are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Improvised" instead an adjective "Simple".
Both words in one sentence
- Another World War II improvised antitank weapon was the "sticky bomb", a sock filled with TNT, rigged with a simple fuse, and dipped in Kerosene to make it sticky.
Source: Improvised Weapon / Real Life - They are generally hastily improvised and have been made of anything from simple glass and cloth, to hardened toilet paper.
Source: Fan Fic / Prison Island Break -
Improvised Weapon: The murder weapon in the fifth case was a simple 2x4 pulled from the floor of an abandoned hut with a pair of nails coated in poison nailed into it.
Source: Series / Whodunnit?
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