Definition of Overregulated

1. Verb. (past of overregulate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overregulated

1. overregulate [v] - See also: overregulate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overregulated

overready
overreckon
overreckoned
overreckoning
overreckons
overred
overreds
overrefine
overrefined
overrefinement
overrefinements
overrefines
overrefining
overregarded
overregulate
overregulated (current term)
overregulates
overregulating
overregulation
overregulations
overrehearsed
overrelax
overrelaxation
overrelaxations
overrelaxed
overrelaxes
overrelaxing
overreliance
overreliances
overreliant

Literary usage of Overregulated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Preview and Summary of "The Wayward Welfare State" by Roger A. Freeman (1981)
"On the whole, however, most businesses feel that they are overregulated, hounded and harassed by regulatory agencies. That is why Congress, being aware of ..."

2. Yen for Development: Japanese Foreign Aid & the Politics of Burden-sharing by Shafiqul Islam (1991)
"By contrast, investors avoid economies that are overregulated or where excessive government intervention stifles entrepreneurship. ..."

3. A General History of Commerce by William Clarence Webster (1903)
"But the development at this time was artificial; everything was overdeveloped and overregulated. Furthermore, France in the end was to suffer from the ..."

4. A General History of Commerce by William Clarence Webster (1918)
"But the development at this time was artificial; everything was overdeveloped and overregulated. Furthermore, France in the end was to suffer from the ..."

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