overregulate

English

Etymology

over- +‎ regulate

Verb

overregulate (third-person singular simple present overregulates, present participle overregulating, simple past and past participle overregulated)

  1. To regulate to a greater degree than appropriate.
    Hypernym: regulate
    Coordinate terms: deregulate, underregulate
    • 2008 March 20, Diana B. Henriques, “Commodities: Latest Boom, Plentiful Risk”, in New York Times‎:
      “It’s not a question of overregulating or underregulating.
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