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uncomplicated

adjectiveB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,015 of 15,258neutral

Uncomplicated means free of any tangles, problems or setbacks. An uncomplicated birth, an uncomplicated case, refreshingly uncomplicated.

In medicine it is a technical term and a good word to hear: an uncomplicated procedure is one where nothing went wrong. Of a person it is faint praise and can be faint criticism, since it can mean straightforward or can mean simple.

Definitions of uncomplicated

  1. 1adjectiveuncomplicatedFree of any tangles, problems or setbacks.B2+

    “The journey was uncomplicated, with no delays or missed trains.”

uncomplicated is a quality.

Where it comes from

Un- plus complicated, from Latin complicare, to fold together.

From un + complicated.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

uncomplicated in the wild

  • In uncomplicated cases, UTIs are usually treated with a short course of antibiotics.

    Urinary tract infection

  • Approved indications include community acquired pneumonia, uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections, and uncomplicated urinary tract infections.

    Cefpodoxime

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

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