Meaning & use
lumping
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Grouping different things together carelessly or without distinguishing between them.
See it in a sentence
Critics accused the report of lumping unrelated cases together under a single category.
It isn't fair to keep lumping all teenagers into one stereotype.
A note on using this word
The expression like it or lump it uses an older sense of lump, meaning to put up with something reluctantly.
Words with a similar meaning
groupingcombining
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Words with an opposite meaning
separatingsplitting
Another way to use it
2. adjective
British informal: very large or great in size or amount.
He served himself a lumping slice of pie.
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