overgenerate

English

Etymology

over- +‎ generate

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.
    Antonym: undergenerate
    If you know that all the text you wish to analyse is correct, a set of rules that overgenerate a grammar would be sufficient.
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