oversimplify

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oversimplify

verb oversimplifies · oversimplifying · oversimplified

transitive To explain or represent a complex matter through an excessively reduced description that fails to account for relevant factors, conditions, or exceptions and consequently mischaracterizes the matter. 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.

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Español	sobresimplificar, supersimplificar, hipersimplificar

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@misc{oversimplify_2026,
  title = {oversimplify},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oversimplify},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}