overregulation
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7.4
- noun
- /ˌoʊvərˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪʃən/
:
sobrerregulación
- Many small businesses struggle to succeed due to overregulation that complicates basic operations.
Examples
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Given the presence of false negatives and false positives, overregulation of a risk that may, in time, turn out to be benign could possibly detract from a risk that is underregulated and may, in fact, be in need of more regulation.
Academic text (2013) -
Government policymakers should get rid of the traditional bottlenecks of overregulation, overtaxation, and overprotection, and let markets work.
Academic text (1993) -
I expect, at least for a while, that politics and overregulation are going to turn production down.
Blog text (9) -
Even so, "overregulation" is a continuing theme in American public life, as in most modern administrative states.
Academic text (1997) -
And the way to get those jobs is to deal with overregulation, overtaxation, and high energy costs.
Blog text (15) -
"The Republican Party declares war on government overregulation," it says.
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Let's bring back the corporations that left the US because of excessive taxes and overregulation.
Blog text (2) -
On the other hand, a general mood against perceived government overregulation was working to change the status quo both in Washington and across the country.
Academic text (2017) -
The massive deficit spending, the overregulation of business, and the uncertainty of tax rates for small businessmen have all hurt.
Blog text (26) -
When dairy, poultry, and cattle ranchers go out of business due to overregulation, who will feed you then?
Blog text (8)
Synonyms
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3.8
Official rules and steps that are slow and make things difficult
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6.2
Action by a government that goes too far and controls private life or business
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7.3
Limiting what people can do
Too much control that stops people from doing things on their own
Many confusing rules and laws that make things hard to understand or follow
Antonyms
How Regulated
Surface Forms
Morphology
overregulation = regulation (transparent) = over + regulate + ion
The prefix 'over-' meaning 'excessive' combines directly with 'regulation' to indicate excessive regulation, a straightforward semantic composition.
Etymology
Overregulation breaks into over- meaning 'too much' and regulation meaning 'rule' or 'control', like in the common verb regulate. So, overregulation is when there are 'too many' rules or limits that make activities or businesses harder than they need to be.