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undergeneralized

undergeneralized is the simple past and past participle 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.

Questions about undergeneralized

What is undergeneralized the simple past and past participle of?
Undergeneralized is the simple past and past participle of undergeneralize.

Words near undergeneralized in the dictionary

  1. undergeneralises
  2. undergeneralising
  3. undergeneralization
  4. undergeneralizations
  5. undergeneralize
  6. undergeneralized
  7. undergeneralizes
  8. undergeneralizing
  9. undergenerals
  10. undergenerate
  11. undergenerated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: undergeneralized (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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