undergeneralize
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
under- + generalize
Verb[edit]
undergeneralize (third-person singular simple present undergeneralizes, present participle undergeneralizing, simple past and past participle undergeneralized)
- To apply something with insufficient generality.
- (linguistics) To use a word or phrase to refer to a smaller set of entities than it properly describes.