oversimplify

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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
make too simple; "Don't oversimplify the instructions"
simplify to an excessive degree; "Don't oversimplify the problem"
If you say that someone is oversimplifying something, you mean that they are describing or explaining it so simply that what they say is no longer true or reasonable. One should not oversimplify the situation + oversimplified over·sim·pli·fied an oversimplified view of mathematics and the sciences. + oversimplification oversimplifications over·sim·pli·fi·ca·tion There is an old saying that `we are what we eat'. Obviously this is an oversimplification. to describe something in a way that is too simple and ignores many facts
simplify to an excessive degree; "Don't oversimplify the problem
{f} simplify excessively, simplify too much
oversimplified
Past participle of oversimplify
oversimplification
An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand
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The process of making such an explanation
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excessive simplification; the act of making something too simple (to the point of misrepresentation) a simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation)
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{i} excessive simplification
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unrealistically simple
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Having been simplified to the point where important information is not conveyed
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{s} overly simplified
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