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UK
/ˌəʊvəsˈɪmplɪfˌaɪ/
]
[ US /oʊvɝˈsɪmpɫɪˌfaɪ/ ]
[ US /oʊvɝˈsɪmpɫɪˌfaɪ/ ]
VERB
-
simplify to an excessive degree
Don't oversimplify the problem -
make too simple
Don't oversimplify the instructions
How To Use oversimplify In A Sentence
- This may oversimplify what was a long and bumpy road, but the contrast with the past four years is remarkable.
- But to claim that the administration is running the country is grossly to oversimplify the real situation. The Government and Politics of France
- April 1st, 2008 at 7: 11 am house insurance broker says: house insurance broker mummies. oversimplify scripture doubtable! single Think Progress » Much bigger than the Dukestir.
- To be clear in a complex world, the rational linear communicator is forced to either ridiculously oversimplify a situation or disappear into mumbo-jumbo bizspeak. Shark Attack!
- Science works by drastically oversimplifying the world, cutting out everything that cannot be mathematized.
- Even if people get the general impression right, they will often oversimplify the details.
- This is, of course, in addition to his unfortunate tendency to make ridiculously broad generalizations and radically oversimplify complex social and moral issues.
- To describe all these people as refugees is to oversimplify the situation.
- To write down his success simply to brutality is to oversimplify. Dawkins, Hussein, and ALF
- Second, cultural relativist arguments may oversimplify the complexity and fluidity of culture by treating culture as monolithic and moral norms within a particular culture as readily ascertainable.