adjective
Too simple; not thoroughgoing: oversimple explanations of complex phenomena.
Related Forms:
- o′ver·sim′ply
adverb
oversimple
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Adjective
(comparative more oversimple, superlative most oversimple)
- Excessively simple, especially so because of the exclusion of necessary complexity.
Origin
over- +"Ž simple
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