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overregulated

overregulated is the simple past and past participle of overregulate.

Meaning of overregulate

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

Questions about overregulated

What is overregulated the simple past and past participle of?
Overregulated is the simple past and past participle of overregulate.

Words near overregulated in the dictionary

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

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