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oversimplify

[ oh-ver-sim-pluh-fahy ]

verb (used with or without object)

, o·ver·sim·pli·fied, o·ver·sim·pli·fy·ing.
  1. to simplify to the point of error, distortion, or misrepresentation.


oversimplify

/ ˌəʊvəˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ /

verb

  1. to simplify (something) to the point of distortion or error


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Derived Forms

  • ˌoverˌsimplifiˈcation, noun

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Other Words From

  • over·simpli·fi·cation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of oversimplify1

First recorded in 1920–25; over- + simplify

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Example Sentences

Today, to oversimplify somewhat, the white working class resembles the inner city blacks of 1965.

Traders, like the rest of us, have bodies, and to ignore them is to greatly oversimplify how the financial markets work.

Almost by definition, absolutists oversimplify, turning everything into a fight between angels and devils.

The author of this book recently told the BBC, “Fiction re-complicates what politicians wish to oversimplify.”

It is folly to attempt to oversimplify that which is of its nature complex.

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