Simple
Simple adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: don't be so quick to characterize people who have trouble with computers as simple
Thick is a synonym for simple in feeble-minded topic. In some cases you can use "Thick" instead an adjective "Simple".
Thick
Thick adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: couldn't believe that his guests were so thick that they were missing his hints that it was time to leave
Both words in one sentence
- Cooking with Dog, a YouTube program featuring a woman demonstrating how to cook simple Japanese dishes "hosted" by a dog with a thick Japanese accent.
Source: Widget Series -
They are very simple inside (mostly a thick movable piece of copper) and they can easily withstand 1000 amps.
Source: Big Electric Switch -
Navajos also traditionally wear white puttee over the tops of their moccasins, which were always very simple and had thick, hardened leather soles.
Source: Braids, Beads and Buckskins
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