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overregulate

verb

Etymology

From over- + regulate.

  1. borrowed from regulatus
  2. prefixed as overregulate — “over- + regulate”

Definitions

  1. To regulate to a greater degree than appropriate.

    • “It’s not a question of overregulating or underregulating.

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