simply equate

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To equate two things in an overly simplistic or straightforward manner.

equateADVERB + equate

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Examples (10)

  • You can't simply equate wealth with happiness.
  • It's a common mistake to simply equate high test scores with genuine intelligence.
  • A manager should not simply equate hours worked with an employee's productivity.
  • We must be careful not to simply equate the popularity of an idea with its validity.
  • Many people simply equate being quiet with being shy, but they are very different traits.
  • It would be a mistake to simply equate the artist's darker themes with personal despair.
  • You cannot simply equate the number of features in a software with its overall usability.
  • The research cautions readers not to simply equate correlation with causation.
  • Historically, society would simply equate a person's social standing with their moral worth.
  • The danger lies in simply equating economic growth with societal well-being.