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non-abstruse en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + abstruse.

Meanings

1. Not abstruse; easily understood.
   • Beyond spanning levels, a global view of place and opportunity should be specific and accessible (non-abstruse) enough to speak to a wide audience yet broad and robust enough to offer explanatory power in a global age. 2013, Xavier De Souza Briggs, “Re-shaping the Geography of Opportunity: Place Effects in Global Perspective”, in Jürgen Friedrichs, George Galster, Sako Musterd, editor, Life in Poverty Neighbourhoods, page 121:
   • Geng Dingxiang emphasised its non-abstruse and non-profound aspect of refined subtlety within coarse shallowness. 2021, Xuezhi Zhang, History of Chinese Philosophy in the Ming Dynasty, page 392:
   • In the Novel we find Alexander's scattered intellectual reflective notes. From this speculative, non-abstruse introspection, one may conclude that the author strove for but unfortunately did not manage to produce the evidence justifying the academic prominence of Alexander, who does not come through as a profound original thinker of an international caliber. 2001, Lev Ḥaḳaḳ, Modern Hebrew Literature Made Into Films, page 213:

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