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Definition of Overprotected
1. overprotect [v] - See also: overprotect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overprotected
Literary usage of Overprotected
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tariff Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of by Committee on Ways and Means, United States, Congress, House (1908)
"(their estimate, but incorrect) 5.89 Landed cost, foreign ware (see sample C)
97.21 They sell same for (see sample D) 77.15 overprotected by 20.06 Same ..."
2. Tariff ... Hearing[s] ... on H.R. 7456 by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (1921)
"To our mind none of the proposed changes should be made, if it is the intention
of Congress to protect the American people against the already overprotected ..."
3. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1906)
"... many of our lesser but very important manufactures fails to indicate a healthy
trade condition, great as the gain may have been to an overprotected few. ..."
4. The Political Philosophy of Robert M. La Follette as Revealed in His by Robert Marion La Follette (1920)
"These great industries are overprotected. Their duties could be reduced in most
cases much below the point fixed in this conference report and not disturb ..."
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