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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undergeneralize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-gen-er-al-ize
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To apply something with insufficient generality.

verb

To use a word or phrase to refer to a smaller set of entities than it properly describes.

Etymology

From under- + generalize.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

undergeneralizes (present, singular) undergeneralizing (participle, present) undergeneralized (participle, past) undergeneralized (past)

Questions

What does undergeneralize mean?
To apply something with insufficient generality.
Where does undergeneralize come from?
From under- + generalize.

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