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UK
/ˌəʊvədʒˈɛnəɹəlˌaɪz/
]
VERB
-
draw too general a conclusion
It is dangerous to overgeneralize
How To Use overgeneralise In A Sentence
- Such ditties might overgeneralise somewhat, but they are sound rules of thumb. Times, Sunday Times
- With 55 separate jurisdictions however, each with its own indigenous and customary laws, it is dangerous to overgeneralise. Times, Sunday Times
- Also, they tend to overgeneralise from their experience of spending a few weekend hours clearing brush or canning strawberries to what it was actually like to spend your whole life working on a farm.
- London-based writers tended to overgeneralise from their experience.
- So much so that the work seemed overdriven, overgeneralised and overblown. Times, Sunday Times
