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- verb natural language processing To
assign meaning toincorrect sentences .
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over- + generate
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Examples
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The literature is also full of extensional arguments against theories which resemble internalism, but on the grounds that they overgenerate, rather than undergenerate, reasons.
Reasons for Action: Internal vs. External Finlay, Stephen 2008
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My natural style seems to be to overgenerate ideas and material and characters, and then just cut cut cut until it’s really tight.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Christina Sunley, part 2 2009
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