simplistic

Adjective

1. Overly simple.
   • At one time, I was extremely skeptical of such simplistic medicine until observing a reflexologist at work and finding that many of the patients showed steady improvement in cases where official medical practitioners...
   • This simplistic method of using herbs isolates the disease from the person and the chemical aspects of an herb from its overall individual therapeutic effects. - 2013, Lesley Tierra, Healing with the Herbs of Life:
   • It might also be worth taking the simplistic claims of some of the herbal health books with just a bit more than a pinch of salt: if you do decide to try feverfew tea, or a liver flush mixture, do it for yourself, not...
2. In a manner that simplifies a concept or issue so that its nuances and complexities are lost or important details are overlooked.
   • (Mao's) reliance on simplistic Soviet interpretations was reflected in his dismissal of Hitler as "a mere will-less puppet of the reactionary capitalists." - China Crosses the Yalu: The Decision to Enter the Korean War,...
   • The cliché is not untrue, but, like all generalisations, it distorts reality so that overly simplistic judgments have to be tempered by a few qualifications. - Jacques Lambert (1967), Latin America: Social Structure and...
   • "There are some things that RFK Jr. gets right," says former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden. "We do have a chronic disease crisis in this country, but we need to avoid simplistic solutions and stick with the science." -...