oversimplifies

verb

Definition of oversimplifiesnext
present tense third-person singular of oversimplify
as in simplifies
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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