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Noun: overrefinement  'ow-vu(r)-ri'fIn-munt
  1. The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
    - distortion, straining, torture, twisting

Derived forms: overrefinements

Type of: falsification, misrepresentation

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