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Oversimplify

verb

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Verb
  1. 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.

    "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."

  2. 2
    simplify to an excessive degree wordnet

Etymology

From over- + simplify.

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