overgeneralize
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To discuss or regard something in terms that are too general, and thereby ignore significant details or differences.
Example Sentences
- "And — again to overgeneralize from my experience — users may not want a second Twitter either. I was a heavy Twitter user for over a decade. I loved it until I didn’t. I made connections, grew a following, floated ideas, had fun. But it also became a second, often angry, voice inside my head. Do I want to replace it with another one?"
Etymology
From over- + generalize.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over