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oversimplify

[oh-ver-sim-pluh-fahy]

verb (used with object), verb (used without object), o·ver·sim·pli·fied, o·ver·sim·pli·fy·ing.

to simplify to the point of error, distortion, or misrepresentation.

Origin:
1920–25; over- + simplify

Related forms

o·ver·sim·pli·fi·ca·tion, noun

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oversimplify (ˌəʊvəˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ)

—vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
	to simplify (something) to the point of distortion or error

oversimplifi'cation

—n

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