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to describe (something) in a way that does not include all the facts and details and that causes misunderstanding
The article oversimplifies the problem. She tends to oversimplify things.
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Recent Examples of oversimplified
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
The challenge with both of these factors—the two most common in oversimplified risk tolerance short cuts—is that they are regularly ignored by the third and often most powerful (albeit least calculable) factor that gauges your gut.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
Viewing their actions and ideas strictly through a Cold War lens has oversimplified Korean hopes and ambitions and flattened the complexity of their post-liberation experience.
—Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Users across TikTok and X have also continued to poke fun at the acting, dialogue, oversimplified device hacking and heavy-handed messaging about mass government surveillance and conspiracy theories.
—Austin Mullen, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
There’s a story worth telling here, a snapshot within a sprawling tragedy, but Avrich can’t make a bigger statement that doesn’t feel oversimplified.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
The challenge with both of these factors—the two most common in oversimplified risk tolerance short cuts—is that they are regularly ignored by the third and often most powerful (albeit least calculable) factor that gauges your gut.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The Columbia University glaciologist Jonny Kingslake says these processes are oversimplified or omitted in numerical simulations.
—Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
Viewing their actions and ideas strictly through a Cold War lens has oversimplified Korean hopes and ambitions and flattened the complexity of their post-liberation experience.
—Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Users across TikTok and X have also continued to poke fun at the acting, dialogue, oversimplified device hacking and heavy-handed messaging about mass government surveillance and conspiracy theories.
—Austin Mullen, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversimplified
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The administration also halted the de minimis rule, established in 1938, which had simplified imports by exempting small value shipments from duties and taxes.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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Navigation apps have simplified driving and parking for users thanks to satellite technology.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The gallery wall in the Oval Office used to carry a simplistic design with portraits of former presidents decorating the ivory wall coverings.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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However, this solution is best suited for small-scale teams or simplistic use cases.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Oversimplified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversimplified. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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