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undergeneralise

undergeneralise is the alternative form of undergeneralize.

Meaning of undergeneralize

Verb

undergeneralize (third-person singular simple present undergeneralizes, present participle undergeneralizing, simple past and past participle undergeneralized)

  1. To apply something with insufficient generality.
  2. To use a word or phrase to refer to a smaller set of entities than it properly describes.

Forms of undergeneralise

third-person singular presentundergeneralises
present participleundergeneralising
past participleundergeneralised
pastundergeneralised

Questions about undergeneralise

What is undergeneralise the alternative form of?
Undergeneralise is the alternative form of undergeneralize.

Words near undergeneralise in the dictionary

  1. undergearing
  2. undergears
  3. undergeneral
  4. undergeneralisation
  5. undergeneralisations
  6. undergeneralise
  7. undergeneralised
  8. undergeneralises
  9. undergeneralising
  10. undergeneralization
  11. undergeneralizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: undergeneralise (page history and authors); undergeneralize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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