oversimplified
- past participle of oversimplify.
- past tense form of oversimplify.
Example Sentences
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Jefferies analyst Brent Thill suggested that Monday’s heavy pressure on IBM shares reflected an oversimplified view of IBM’s business.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
The goal of this research is not to create a new warning story for the modern world, but to replace an oversimplified one.
From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026
Mr. Dhume may think that the newly minted labor codes’ permissive hiring rules only apply to private firms that have fewer than 300 workers—instead of 100 workers like before—but that’s an oversimplified analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Even for more general financial topics like retirement planning, the advice can be oversimplified or, in some cases, inaccurate.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2025
Historians, however, may find them too brief and oversimplified.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
