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overregulates

overregulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overregulates

What is overregulates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overregulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overregulate.

Words near overregulates in the dictionary

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

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