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overregulate

overregulate verb: to regulate to a greater degree than appropriate.

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.
    • “It’s not a question of overregulating or underregulating.2008 March 20, Diana B. Henriques, “Commodities: Latest Boom, Plentiful Risk”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021

Forms of overregulate

third-person singular presentoverregulates
present participleoverregulating
past participleoverregulated
pastoverregulated

Origin of overregulate

From over- + regulate.

Questions about overregulate

What does overregulate mean?
Overregulate means to regulate to a greater degree than appropriate.
What part of speech is overregulate?
Overregulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overregulate?
The past tense of overregulate is overregulated.

Words near overregulate in the dictionary

  1. overregularizations
  2. overregularize
  3. overregularized
  4. overregularizes
  5. overregularizing
  6. overregulate
  7. overregulated
  8. overregulates
  9. overregulating
  10. overregulation
  11. overregulations

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