Simple and Vacuous

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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

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Vacuous and simple are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vacuous" instead an adjective "Simple".

Vacuous adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.

Usage example: a movie that was enthusiastically derided for its vacuous dialogue

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Simple and vacuous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Simple" instead an adjective "Vacuous".

Nearby Words: vacuity, vacuously

When the show started he was shallow and vacuous, but was somewhat streetwise and still had witty lines and a good deal of Simple-Minded Wisdom (like pointing out to a door-to-door salesman the futility of trying to sell a $1600 encyclopaedia set to someone with patio furniture in his living room).

Source: Flanderization / Live-Action TV

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