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overbroadness

overbroadness noun: the quality of being too broad.

Noun

overbroadness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being too broad.
    • the overbroadness of a search warrant

Origin of overbroadness

From overbroad + -ness.

Questions about overbroadness

What does overbroadness mean?
Overbroadness means the quality of being too broad.
What part of speech is overbroadness?
Overbroadness is a noun.

Words near overbroadness in the dictionary

  1. overbroaden
  2. overbroadened
  3. overbroadening
  4. overbroadens
  5. overbroadly
  6. overbroadness
  7. overbroil
  8. overbroiled
  9. overbroiling
  10. overbroils
  11. overbroke

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