neat
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- adjective
- /niːt/
- Her explanation seemed clever at first, but it was too neat and didn't capture the complexities of the issue.
- neat solution
- neat categorization
- neat distinction
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Watch on YouTubeI think that it's it's it's too neat of a system.
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- And talking about race as a social construct, I wouldn't expect it to, But it like critiques this question of, you know, race as neat containers.
Examples
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But things aren't quite so neat and simple, are they?
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"You know," she said, "your final idea was neat, I suppose, but it was too obvious."
Fiction book (2001) -
What the truth is, but science is, is not as neat as people like to think.
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You made it all sound so neat and simple.
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And yet the story is not quite as neat as I have suggested; stories never are.
Academic text (2005) -
And in the real world, you need more than a neat, little detective story.
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And life doesn't offer you things in those neat packages.
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Come on, it's all over, wrapped up neat and tidy.
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There are two easy, neat solutions to the problem of overlap between ability and achievement tests.
Academic text (2006) -
That's the Lagrangian, and now it has a very, very neat form.
Synonyms
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4.7
Very smooth and attractive but not sincere or deep
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8.4
Gives a simple explanation that ignores deeper problems
Someone who acts as if they are smarter than other people to show off
Compounds
How Clever
Surface Forms
Etymology
Neat can also mean a clever but shallow solution; a helpful way to remember this is to think of something done very 'neatly' on the surface so it looks good but does not go deep.