overregulated
- adjective
- /ˌoʊvərˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪtɪd/
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sobrerregulado
- When Republicans talk of rolling back the Obama financial regulations, they need to distinguish between the Wall Street insiders and the hundreds of overregulated, middle-sized regional banks and thousands of small banks that are vital to job creation.
Examples
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In my teenage years during the 60s and 70s, kids took care of their own problems for the most part. After years of creeping political correctness and liberalism, a poor kid can't sneeze without having to see the school nurse or face some other overregulated procedure.
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These suffocated, overregulated smaller institutions are desperate for financial oxygen.
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The private sector has access to a restricted variety of credit instruments, and the isolated and overregulated financial system yields unreliable credit terms.
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These include limited access to foreign currency, an underdeveloped and overregulated banking sector, trade restrictions, government involvement in trade and commerce, and widespread corruption.
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Structural reform is actually much harder in more rigid societies such as those of continental Europe (where the "transition" to a fully common economic area may be the opportunity and catalyst for much-needed radical change in such overregulated areas as labor and social welfare).
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Without comprehensive reform, continental Western Europe's overprotected, overregulated economies will continue to slow—and its political influence will become negligible.
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Many businesses struggle to thrive in an overregulated environment where excessive government rules limit their potential.
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The city's overregulated housing market has made it nearly impossible for young families to find affordable homes.
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Critics argue that the country's overregulated industries stifle innovation and hinder economic growth.
Synonyms
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4.7
Limits what people can do by rules or laws
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7.0
Limiting people's freedom to speak or act
Antonyms
How Regulated
Surface Forms
Morphology
overregulated = overregulate (transparent) = over + regulate + ed
The target is formed by adding the regular past-participle suffix '-ed' to the verb 'overregulate', which itself transparently means 'regulate excessively'.
Etymology
Overregulated is made of over- meaning 'too much' and regulate meaning 'to make rules or control', as you see in regulation. So, if something is overregulated, it is controlled by too many rules.