undergeneralize

verb

Etymology

From under- + generalize.

  1. derived from generālis
  2. derived from general
  3. derived from general
  4. inherited from general
  5. suffixed as generalize — “general + ize
  6. prefixed as undergeneralize — “under + generalize

Definitions

  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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for undergeneralize. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA