The phrase "are generally simplistic" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is often overly simple or lacking in complexity, typically in a critical context.
Example: "Many of the arguments presented in the article are generally simplistic and fail to address the nuances of the issue."
Alternatives: "tend to be overly simplistic" or "are often too simplistic."
By contrast, Gucci's clothes are generally simplistic in shape (track tops, single-breasted blazers, bowed blouses, a predilection for a 1970s flare) with a focus on shimmering surfaces and overloaded detailing: sequins, custom-woven jacquards, buttons in the form of jeweled lion's heads or gumdrop pearls, sleeves dipped in mink.
These graphical methods are generally superior to the simplistic summaries of alphabetic optimality criteria.
His projects, like Marina City, are generally too easily reduced to a simplistic diagram that pays little heed to the random and complex realities of real urban life.
Further, it is not only simplistic but incorrect to state that hash-based programs are generally more sensitive, while the ones based on suffix trees are faster.
Indeed, prior to the advent of HFE the conception of the human role in accidents and system failures was generally limited to simplistic assumptions concerning human error and failures in training, staffing and/or personnel selection.
I know that sounds reductionist and simplistic, but it's generally the whole equation; be cool, and this stranger will eventually become the best man at your wedding.
The explanation begins with the reception given to Crime as Opportunity, which was generally dismissed (more in conversation than in print) as irrelevant, simplistic and atheoretical.
We fully acknowledge that thermal adaptation is generally not a species-specific trait and that the introductory sentences in our initial submission were overly simplistic.
These are not small challenges fixed by short-term, extremely commercial and generally simplistic thinking.
Although these extensive datasets allow for developing robust equations that potentially extrapolate well, the parametric model forms and covariates generally used are relatively simplistic and may not fully leverage the available data.
That sounds exciting, no? Alas, the cover line refers to a single page of graphics that are both simplistic and generally useless.
