Meaning

1 senses

  1. 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.

More definitions
  • simplify to an excessive degree

Examples

7 sentences

  1. I think you're oversimplifying the problem.

    deIch finde, du vereinfachst das Problem allzusehr. — Waldelfe

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  2. Maybe you're oversimplifying the problem.

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  3. Tom oversimplifies everything.

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  4. You're oversimplifying things.

    deDu vereinfachst alles viel zu sehr. — Waldelfe

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  5. He has a tendency to oversimplify complex issues.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

oversimplifies, oversimplifying, oversimplified, oversimplified
Base formoversimplify · to oversimplify
3rd person singularoversimplifies
Present participleoversimplifying
Past simpleoversimplified
Past participleoversimplified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoversimplify
he, she, itoversimplifies

Past simpleLesson

all personsoversimplified

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave oversimplified
he, she, ithas oversimplified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill oversimplify

Word family

2 related words
Relatedoversimplification
Derivedoversimplifier

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
oversensitiveovershadowB2oversightoversizeB2oversleep
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