Definition of overregulate
overregulated;
overregulating
: to regulate (something) to an excessive degree
- Hospitals bitterly oppose the passage of such laws, saying they oversimplify complex issues and overregulate an already struggling industry.
- —Tessa DeCarlo
- This tendency to overregulate, which results from political pressures …
- —Clark C. Havighurst
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overregulation
play \ˌō-vər-ˌre-gyə-ˈlā-shən, -ˌre-gə- also -ˌrā-\ noun-
- … risked hurting the economy through overregulation.
- —Richard Brookhiser
