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Oversimplify Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ify

Oversimplify has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

simplify to an excessive degree

"Don't oversimplify the problem"

2

make too simple

"Don't oversimplify the instructions"

3

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.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
overdo simplify
Rhyming Words
ify reify waify edify deify unify ignify nidify wikify verify ramify minify aerify ossify sanify finify munify ethify notify omnify
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