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Verb: oversimplify  ,ow-vu(r)'sim-plu,fI
  1. Simplify to an excessive degree
    "Don't oversimplify the problem"
     
  2. Make too simple
    "Don't oversimplify the instructions"

Derived forms: oversimplified, oversimplifying, oversimplifies

Type of: exaggerate, overdo, simplify

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