Narrow, limiting, and simplistic, but also simple, straightforward, and safe.
What they're looking for, and what any viewer of the episode is looking for, is both complex and simple, or possibly simplistic — and I don't mean that as a criticism of the work.
The focus of the album was on restraint, with more simplistic lyrics than previously, and with a plain and simple message intended.
Juan Obregon, who has cooked for eight years at the restaurant, also handles shrimp and mussels with a deft hand; the preparations are simple but not simplistic and allow the succulence of fresh seafood to star.
Goffin's lyrics were simple without being simplistic, and often displayed a subtle sophistication.
This gorgeously shot drama -- and it's one of the most visually striking shows on TV -- is simple but not simplistic, and that's a crucial distinction.
It sounds really simplistic, and yet, maybe it is that simple: a meal shared?
"Sam Fuller," he wrote, "is not a beginner, he is a primitive; his mind is not rudimentary, it is rude; his films are not simplistic, they are simple, and it is this simplicity I most admire".
While we may not be able to categorize the personalities of our children into the simplistic "wise, wicked, simple and too young" traits, we can appreciate the differences in our children, and can adjust how we interact with them accordingly.
When a not-so-careful writer tries to gussy up his prose with an upmarket word that he mistakenly thinks is a synonym of a common one, like simplistic for simple or fulsome for full, his readers are likely to conclude the worst: that he has paid little attention to what he has read, is affecting an air of sophistication on the cheap, and is polluting a common resource.
