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overclassification en · NOUN

Etymology

From over- + classification.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Excessive classification.
   • According to the bill’s sponsor, Representative Steve Driehaus, Democrat of Ohio, there were 362,000 F.O.I.A. requests last year, and almost a third of them still remain to be processed because of overclassification. 2009 March 23, “They Can’t Tell You”, in New York Times:

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