overregulate

English

Etymology

over- +‎ regulate

Verb

overregulate (third-person singular simple present overregulates, present participle overregulating, simple past and past participle overregulated)

1. To regulate to a greater degree than appropriate.

   Hypernym: regulate

   Coordinate terms: deregulate, underregulate

   • 2008 March 20, Diana B. Henriques, “Commodities: Latest Boom, Plentiful Risk”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

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

Related terms

• overregulation