overgenerate

English

Etymology

From 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.

Related terms

• overgeneration