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over·sim·plify (ō′vər sim′plə fī′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb oversimplified -·fied′, oversimplifying -·fy′·ing

to simplify to the point of distortion, as by ignoring essential details

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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