OVERSIMPLIFIED

OVERSIMPLIFY

oversimplify

(verb) make too simple; “Don’t oversimplify the instructions”

oversimplify

(verb) simplify to an excessive degree; “Don’t oversimplify the problem”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

oversimplified (comparative more oversimplified, superlative most oversimplified)

Having been simplified to the point where important information is not conveyed.

Verb

oversimplified

past participle of oversimplify

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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