overregulation en · NOUN
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 regulation English overregulation From over- + regulation.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Excessive regulation: too many rules, especially misguidedly conceived ones.
It was a lesson in how, despite its vaunted industrial sector, the German economy suffers from some of the same overregulation and sclerosis usually associated with much more troubled European countries.
2012 February 22, Jack Ewing, “In Germany, a Limp Domestic Economy Stifled by Regulation”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overregulations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
underregulation · deregulation