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- verb Present participle of
oversimplify .
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Examples
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(I suppose you will say I am "oversimplifying" and that matters are to "complex" to ask for some means of determine when compromise and settling for the lesser evil have been taken to the extreme.) But the point is that there never seems to be a point when compromise is taken to the extreme.
"I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!" 2007
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The kind of oversimplifying stupidity that we see on both the left and right and that is now tearing America apart.
Ethical Technology IEET 2010
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Or am I, as my professors hork and hollup at me, 'oversimplifying'?
Signs of the Times 2010
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However, oversimplifying the discussion with generalizations is even more harmful than ignoring the elephant in the room.
Hank Koebler: ESPN's "Whiteface" Vick Is Distastefully Bad Journalism Hank Koebler 2011
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At risk of oversimplifying but for the purpose of brevity, the case that is made to support both the policy itself and delaying its being overturned is totally based on a notion of "unit cohesiveness".
Herb Hamsher: The DADT Emperor Has No Clothes Herb Hamsher 2010
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The problem here is oversimplifying and anthropomorphizing complex forces, putting a human face on uncontrollable trends the writer disdains.
John McQuaid: New Media Doesn't Kill and Aggregation Isn't Personal John McQuaid 2011
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The problem here is oversimplifying and anthropomorphizing complex forces, putting a human face on uncontrollable trends the writer disdains.
John McQuaid: New Media Doesn't Kill and Aggregation Isn't Personal John McQuaid 2011
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However, oversimplifying the discussion with generalizations is even more harmful than ignoring the elephant in the room.
Hank Koebler: ESPN's "Whiteface" Vick Is Distastefully Bad Journalism Hank Koebler 2011
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At risk of oversimplifying but for the purpose of brevity, the case that is made to support both the policy itself and delaying its being overturned is totally based on a notion of "unit cohesiveness".
Herb Hamsher: The DADT Emperor Has No Clothes Herb Hamsher 2010
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At risk of oversimplifying but for the purpose of brevity, the case that is made to support both the policy itself and delaying its being overturned is totally based on a notion of "unit cohesiveness".
Herb Hamsher: The DADT Emperor Has No Clothes Herb Hamsher 2010
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