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Definition of "oversimplified" []

  • Having been simplified to the point where important information is not conveyed. (adjective)
  • Past participle of oversimplify (verb)

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Use "oversimplified" in a sentence
  • "At the (again oversimplified) average rate of 84¢/therm, that means we're saving about $4.71 a day now."
  • "I would like to discuss in oversimplified terms the paradox of freedom and of regulation in our society and relate this to what I consider to be a tragic loss of faith in the virtues of liberal education."
  • "It is a very complicated doctrine; in oversimplified terms, the system encourages the practitioner to progress through the control of six stages, called chakras, of body-mind coordination."
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