oversimplify
English
Verb
oversimplify (third-person singular simple present oversimplifies, present participle oversimplifying, simple past and past participle oversimplified)
- To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
- 1964 June, “News and Comment: Only 26 per cent of freight on rail”, in Modern Railways, page 369:
- But the report stresses that this comparison, based purely on the total transport performed, oversimplifies the picture. The kinds of work performed by rail and rail transport are not identical.
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