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overgenerated

overgenerated is the simple past and past participle of overgenerate.

Meaning of overgenerate

Verb

overgenerate (third-person singular simple present overgenerates, present participle overgenerating, simple past and past participle overgenerated)

  1. (natural language processing) To assign meaning to incorrect sentences.
    • If you know that all the text you wish to analyse is correct, a set of rules that overgenerate a grammar would be sufficient.
    Antonyms:
    undergenerate

Questions about overgenerated

What is overgenerated the simple past and past participle of?
Overgenerated is the simple past and past participle of overgenerate.

Words near overgenerated in the dictionary

  1. overgeneralizers
  2. overgeneralizes
  3. overgeneralizing
  4. overgenerally
  5. overgenerate
  6. overgenerated
  7. overgenerates
  8. overgenerating
  9. overgeneration
  10. overgenerosity
  11. overgenerous

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