"overgenerate" meaning in All languages combined

See overgenerate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: overgenerates [present, singular, third-person], overgenerating [participle, present], overgenerated [participle, past], overgenerated [past]
Etymology: From over- + generate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|generate}} over- + generate Head templates: {{en-verb}} overgenerate (third-person singular simple present overgenerates, present participle overgenerating, simple past and past participle overgenerated)
  1. (natural language processing) To assign meaning to incorrect sentences. Related terms: overgeneration
    Sense id: en-overgenerate-en-verb-EoBkAwXS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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