Don't oversimplify the instructions. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Don't oversimplify the problem. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I like Cherie Priests new steampunk novel Boneshaker, which to oversimplify is about a mother fighting zombies to get her son back. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting for Spawn at SF Novelists] Reference
I did grossly oversimplify, which is always a danger under 500 words. From Wordnik.com. [ArmsControlWonk] Reference
BORGER: And I think to just oversimplify it is not right. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2008] Reference
People tend to oversimplify what's going on in the country. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2007] Reference
And so, to oversimplify things, there was morning in Georgia. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2008] Reference
To oversimplify it: The old business of journalism has failed. From Wordnik.com. [The Web Guru] Reference
ROSENWAKS: One has to be careful that one doesn't oversimplify. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2009] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: one has to be careful that one doesn't oversimplify. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2008] Reference
KING: We sometimes oversimplify things, so let me ask for your help. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2009] Reference
Boy, you sure have got a lot to learn about how to grossly oversimplify. From Wordnik.com. [Palin: War With Russia "Perhaps" Necessary If Russia Invades NATO-Admitted Georgia] Reference
Never underestimate the tragic human tendency to oversimplify the complex. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Goldberg: Who Says All Religions Are the Same?] Reference
It is folly to attempt to oversimplify that which is of its nature complex. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
FOREMAN: Above all, she said, the U.S. cannot oversimplify foreign relations. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2009] Reference
It's an attempt to oversimplify what I believe is a very complicated situation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2006] Reference
You know, the basic arithmetic that I oversimplify, but it's more or less right. From Wordnik.com. [Get Briefed: Paul Volcker] Reference
So the only thing I'm saying is, I think it's important not to oversimplify this. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President In Discussion With Students] Reference
Let's oversimplify a bit: the '80s were about fantasy; the' 90s are about reality. From Wordnik.com. [Why George Bush Will Get Zapped] Reference
FISHER: There's a tendency to try to oversimplify a lot of the issues that we face. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2006] Reference
AMBASSADOR LORD: I don't want to oversimplify what literally is an ongoing process. From Wordnik.com. [Mccurry Lord Et Alia Briefing On President Meetings] Reference
People want to reduce things to start black and white terms and oversimplify things. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2008] Reference
We oversimplify complexities and fixate on finding and maintaining the right partner. From Wordnik.com. [Maegan Carberry: Skyscrapers vs. Sunshine: A Bicoastal Craig's List Tale of Two Cities] Reference
COHEN: Well, I think it sends an important signal, but we ought not to oversimplify it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 12, 2006] Reference
He can explain complicated legal issues simply, but he does not oversimplify or pander. From Wordnik.com. [Steven R. Shapiro: UC Irvine Gets an "F" for Academic Freedom] Reference
In fact, Legates believes that we oversimplify climate by just blaming greenhouse gases. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 2, 2007] Reference
I did oversimplify that analogy just to get into the discussion of what exactly this plan is. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2009] Reference
I will oversimplify, at the risk of being criticized by the author, the argument of the book. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By President And Steve Case On Youth Violence Lunch] Reference
Ed, so how much of this is really -- I mean, I don't want to oversimplify -- but is semantics?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2006] Reference
PILGRIM: Not to oversimplify it, Professor Ajami, but you really have two different equations. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2007] Reference
We greatly oversimplify the race issue when we describe people as either racist or not racist. From Wordnik.com. [Drew Westen: The Last Three Weeks: Anxiety about the Economy vs. Anxiety about Race] Reference
I wasn't showing America as idealized and I didn't want to oversimplify Japanese culture, either. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Dilloway: The Japanese Untouchables in How To Be An American Housewife] Reference
SESNO: Yes, I think television can and does oversimplify this story and lots of stories like this. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 26, 2006] Reference
Liberals are right about what's needed for humane care, but all sides oversimplify a messy reality. From Wordnik.com. [Harold Pollack: About those crowded emergency rooms....] Reference
To vastly oversimplify: First, the government has to identify properties to be leased and hold a lease sale. From Wordnik.com. [McCain's Power Outage] Reference
"In some ways, 'the abortion pill' is an unfortunate name because it tends to oversimplify," says Fitzsimmons. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Abortion Pill': Not Stocked Here] Reference
To oversimplify for the sake of contrast, the 1.0 career describes doing whatever kind of work is necessary to survive. From Wordnik.com. [Douglas LaBier: The 4.0 Career, "Harnicissism" and Becoming a Good Ancestor: New Pathways to Healthy Living] Reference
Despite the temptation to oversimplify a complicated world by being a bull or bear, we are sticking with themixed bag theme. From Wordnik.com. [Damien Hoffman: He Said, She Said: Should We Believe Economic Data or Corporations?] Reference
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