overregulate en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English regulate English overregulate From over- + regulate.
Meanings
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To regulate to a greater degree than appropriate.
“It’s not a question of overregulating or underregulating.
2008 March 20, Diana B. Henriques, “Commodities: Latest Boom, Plentiful Risk”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overregulating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overregulated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overregulated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overregulates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |