oversimplify

as in to simplify
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 oversimplify The planet sitting below was dramatically oversimplified — just a smooth sphere with no geography or oceans. Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 Democrats, meanwhile, caution against oversimplifying the task force’s role. Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025 Those later pictures are (to oversimplify things) compositions of signs and curbs and power lines and gas pumps and highways, eerily still, uncannily balanced yet held in tension. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 3 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 See All Example Sentences for oversimplify
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simplify
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  • The advantage there is higher energy density by simplifying the internal construction and keeping those cells close together.
    Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Its integrated two-way data transfer allows users to exchange files of any size without leaving the platform’s secure environment, simplifying and connecting all phases of a production’s life cycle.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Oversimplify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversimplify. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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