oversimplify
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.
Verb
- 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.
- 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. - 1964 June, “News and...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English simplify English oversimplify From over- + simplify.