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oversimplify Definition

over·sim·plify (ō′vər simplə fī′)

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

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

oversimplify Related Forms
o′ver·sim′·pli·fi·ca·tion noun
oversimplify Synonyms

oversimplify

v.

reduce, over reduce, reduce to an absurdity, make too simple, make too simplistic, restrict; see also simplify.

oversimplify Usage Examples

Object

  • situation: One of the main follies of dealing with the commercial utilization of space is the desire to oversimplify the situation.
  • matter: To oversimplify matters radically, the dialectic here is this.
  • model: Hal Pawson, however, argues that this oversimplifies the Dutch model.
  • view: Some of the database applications now on the market may also lull users into an oversimplified view of databases.
  • issue: On the whole, I think many soaps etc tend to oversimplify the issue.
  • problem: To pin the blame on " more feet on sensitive terrain " is to oversimplify the problem.

Used with why or when

  • what: Well, to oversimplify vastly what happened in the 19th century, most people listened only to contemporary music.

Modifying Another Word

  • grossly: The first explanation given here will be grossly oversimplified.
  • somewhat: Summary of the application The above is a somewhat oversimplified description of the hypertext technology used in Locator.
  • greatly: At the risk of greatly oversimplifying literary history, these were the three responses available to writers in nineteenth-century France.
  • not: Express concepts in the simplest terms and define technical terms and jargon, but do not oversimplify.
  • vastly: Well, to oversimplify vastly what happened in the 19th century, most people listened only to contemporary music.
  • often: It seems to me however he often oversimplifies for the sake of polemic.

Preposition: in

  • way: The above was a little oversimplified in three ways.