How to Use oversimplify in a Sentence

oversimplify

verb
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  • She tends to oversimplify things.
  • We must resist the temptation to oversimplify.
  • The article oversimplifies the problem.
  • At its core, the Santa Cruz is—to oversimplify—the new 2022 Tucson shorn of its roof aft of the second-row seat.
    — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2021
  • While the cuisine of Shanghai is often labeled as sweet, to do so is to oversimplify the region’s palate.
    — Betty Liu, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2021
  • This is oversimplifying, because a draft class will have to be signed and the team still needs a backup quarterback and punter (Dustin Colquitt is a free agent).
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 18 Jan. 2018
  • But as troubling as the book’s family secrets are, the dynamics are too boiled down and oversimplified in the end.
    — Jeffrey Ann Goudie, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • To oversimplify the reasoning, that figure attests to the power of the Ferrari name.
    — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2020
  • So, in an eight-bit computer, for instance to oversimplify, this would be 256.
    — Fouad Khan, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2021
  • To oversimplify, science builds on prior knowledge, while the courts defer to it.
    — Suzanne Bell, Slate Magazine, 20 Apr. 2017
  • To oversimplify things, the hackers use that pathway in reverse.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Those who oversimplify problems can end up with a false sense of clarity.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 28 Sep. 2019
  • But experts say this correlation is false and oversimplifies the complex role of hormones in the body.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The second point is that the free-rider analysis is oversimplified.
    — Richard A. Epstein, Newsweek, 23 Feb. 2018
  • To oversimplify quite a bit: with Provenge vaccination begins with a blood draw.
    — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2010
  • To oversimplify, Montgomery has the forwards in perpetual skate-and-shoot mode, and of at least equal importance, the defensemen are eager to do the same.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
  • To oversimplify, hedge funds manage, as the phrase goes, other people’s money.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 31 Mar. 2021
  • To oversimplify a bit, APIs are the way different pieces of software interact with each other.
    — Klint Finley, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
  • On the other hand, some may oversimplify it as a pro-life statement, advocating pointedly in a late scene for every child’s right to be born.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2022
  • The recent claim also oversimplifies an issue that is far from settled.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
  • Neither the act nor her emotional response to it is oversimplified.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2017
  • The trick is doing so without overburdening him or oversimplifying the offense in the process.
    — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 12 July 2019
  • To oversimplify it just a bit further — if Budweiser is back, is America is back?
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Jules’ advice to home cooks: Don’t oversimplify the addition of peppers when cooking.
    — Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2020
  • Trump is oversimplifying here in service of his own agenda.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018
  • All economists know that their models oversimplify—that is what models are for.
    — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • But McDonnell was careful not to oversimplify the raw emotion that would overpower the players at such a storied event.
    — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 24 June 2017
  • And there is no possible end product that doesn’t oversimplify.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019
  • There are many bad versions of the serial killer movie, which all would oversimplify the real story here, which is really not about a serial killer at all.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • At the risk of oversimplifying, this set up a market for carbon-emitting industries to get permits that can be traded with other firms based on need.
    — Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, 17 Jan. 2018

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