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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
Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Austin Mullen, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
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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Management simplified the menu, invested in sharper marketing, and leaned into value without racing to the bottom on price.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The follow-on Lenovo Legion Go S revised and simplified the machine slightly; it was joined by a SteamOS edition months later.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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The stock answer is that European companies simply aren’t as ambitious, but that is too simplistic for Dushnitsky.—
Andrew Saunders,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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The interpretation, though, is rather simplistic to Durham.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Oversimplified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversimplified. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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