How to Use oversimplify in a Sentence

oversimplify

verb

• 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
• But that oversimplifies what is happening behind the scenes.
  — Nicole Narea, Vox, 23 May 2024
• 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
• African music is often oversimplified, with the diverse array of sounds being lumped into a single genre solely because the artist is African.
  — Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
• Such claims oversimplify the sources of inflation and insult the intelligence of voters.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024