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Oversimplify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To simplify to the point of causing misrepresentation, misconception, or error.

verb-intransitive. To cause distortion or error by extreme simplification of a subject.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. to simplify excessively so as to distort or misrepresent; -- of facts, assertions, or communications.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. simplify to an excessive degree

v. make too simple

Word Usage

"I like Cherie Priests new steampunk novel Boneshaker, which to oversimplify is about a mother fighting zombies to get her son back."

Verb Form

oversimplified oversimplifies oversimplifying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

exaggerate overdo simplify

Variant

oversimplified

Form

oversimplifier oversimplification

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

make too simple