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undersimplifications

undersimplifications is the plural of undersimplification.

Meaning of undersimplification

Noun

undersimplification (countable and uncountable, plural undersimplifications)

  1. Incomplete simplification
    • Both oversimplification (e.g., explanatory variables are incomplete) and undersimplification (e.g., explanatory variables are redundant) of reality can lead to trustless explanation and unfaithful prediction.2016 January 23, “Spatial Autocorrelation Approaches to Testing Residuals from Least Squares Regression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about undersimplifications

What is undersimplifications the plural of?
Undersimplifications is the plural of undersimplification.

Words near undersimplifications in the dictionary

  1. undersigning
  2. undersigns
  3. undersill
  4. undersills
  5. undersimplification
  6. undersimplifications
  7. undersincere
  8. undersing
  9. undersinging
  10. undersings
  11. undersize

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