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undergeneralizes

undergeneralizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 undergeneralizes

What is undergeneralizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Undergeneralizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undergeneralize.

Words near undergeneralizes in the dictionary

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

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