overregulate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

English regulate

English overregulate

From over- + regulate.

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.

   Hypernym: regulate

   Coordinate terms: deregulate, underregulate

   • 2008 March 20, Diana B. Henriques, “Commodities: Latest Boom, Plentiful Risk”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 March 2021:

     “It’s not a question of overregulating or underregulating.

Related terms

• overregulation