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overgenerate

Verb

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overgenerate (third-person singular simple present overgenerates, present participle overgenerating, simple past and past participle overgenerated)

(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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