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overlegislate

overlegislate verb: to create more rules than is necessary or sensible.

Verb

overlegislate (third-person singular simple present overlegislates, present participle overlegislating, simple past and past participle overlegislated)

  1. To create more rules than is necessary or sensible.

Forms of overlegislate

third-person singular presentoverlegislates
present participleoverlegislating
past participleoverlegislated
pastoverlegislated

Origin of overlegislate

From over- + legislate.

Questions about overlegislate

What does overlegislate mean?
Overlegislate means to create more rules than is necessary or sensible.
What part of speech is overlegislate?
Overlegislate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overlegislate?
The past tense of overlegislate is overlegislated.

Words near overlegislate in the dictionary

  1. overleavened
  2. overleavening
  3. overleavens
  4. overled
  5. overlegalization
  6. overlegislate
  7. overlegislated
  8. overlegislates
  9. overlegislating
  10. overlegislation
  11. overleisured

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