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undergeneralizing

undergeneralizing is the present participle and gerund 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 undergeneralizing

What is undergeneralizing the present participle and gerund of?
Undergeneralizing is the present participle and gerund of undergeneralize.

Words near undergeneralizing in the dictionary

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

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