OVERSIMPLIFY


Meaning of OVERSIMPLIFY in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Elder's article greatly oversimplifies the causes of the current crisis.

I know I'm oversimplifying, but these are the values on which I try to base my decisions.

There's a tendency in news reports to oversimplify complex issues to make the news more entertaining.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Again the relationship between curriculum and culture is oversimplified.

Although often oversimplified or oversold, some of the principles of the human potential movement bear on business organizations.

An oversimplified but instructive point can be made by considering the fate of carbohydrates transported to the lunar base from Earth.

It would be a grave error to oversimplify any of these outcomes.

Oh how she oversimplifies her history.

The interpretation of the complex world of human affairs in terms of an experimental analysis is no doubt often oversimplified.

The picture of conservation presented here is somewhat oversimplified.

Unfortunately, though this description tells part of the truth, it is greatly oversimplified.

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