to overregulate
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6.9
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪt/
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sobrerregular
- Instead, the better way to attract growth is through quality of life, cost of living, good education, and a good entrepreneurial/business culture that's not overregulated.
- overregulate the industry
Examples
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A lot of conservatives feel like we are overtaxed and overregulated, and we know that a lot of our tax dollars are being used to support able-bodied, able-minded people at low-paying jobs.
Blog text (26) -
They argued that the new laws could overregulate businesses, making it difficult for small companies to thrive.
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All the southern European countries have overregulated labor markets that have caused persistently high unemployment.
Blog text (9) -
Government decision-makers, therefore, tend to be suspicious of the market and inclined to overregulate rather than to underregulate.
Academic text (1993) -
Yet the markets for products from natural areas and forests face at least three serious challenges: declining commodity prices for traditionally important products, such as timber; competition from illegal sources; and poorly functioning, overregulated markets.
Academic text (2004) -
Bustos blamed the decision on loopholes created by Congress; Schilling said bringing companies back to the U.S. requires simplifying the tax code and not overregulating.
Blog text (3) -
The tendency to overregulate can be countered by allowing competition among regulatory agencies (England 1994) and by allowing competition among regulatory rules across political jurisdictions (Keleher 1993, Lewis 1993).
Academic text (1993) -
In his personal manifesto No Apology, Romney trod a careful path, suggesting that, like his primary opponents who unwaveringly support the untrammeled free market, he was wary of overregulating business.
Blog text (23) -
Many experts warn that if we continue to overregulate the tech industry, it may hinder future innovations.
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The committee's goal was to create guidelines without overregulating the healthcare sector.
Synonyms
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8.0
To add many official rules and procedures to an organization or system
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7.3
To control someone too much so they cannot decide or act
To make rules or procedures stricter than needed, causing extra work
To limit something more than needed so it has less freedom
To punish people too harshly for small rule breaks, often by police or other authorities
Make a person or situation too controlled so they cannot act on their own
Antonyms
How Regulated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overregulate joins over- 'too much' and regulate 'to make rules', and is like the familiar word regular, which is about 'rule'. So overregulate means to put 'too many rules' on something, often making it slow or hard to work.