overmoderate

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ moderate.

Verb

overmoderate (third-person singular simple present overmoderates, present participle overmoderating, simple past and past participle overmoderated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To moderate excessively.
   • 2020 May 28, Maggie Haberman, Kate Conger, “Trump Prepares Order to Limit Social Media Companies’ Protections”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     But as conservatives have claimed that social media companies are biased against them and overmoderate their political views, Republican lawmakers have increasingly pushed to modify the statute.