Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
simplify to an excessive degree;
- Example: "Don't oversimplify the problem"2.
make too simple;
- Example: "Don't oversimplify the instructions"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
oversimplify \oversimplify\ v. t.
to simplify excessively so as to distort or misrepresent; --
of facts, assertions, or communications; as, Don't
oversimplify the rules.
Syn: make too simple.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
oversimplify
v 1: simplify to an excessive degree; "Don't oversimplify the
problem"
2: make too simple; "Don't oversimplify the instructions"