Definition of "overbroad" []

• Too broad (adjective)

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• "The majority held that the statute was "overbroad" - that depictions of hunting or legitimate slaughtering methods might easily fall within its purview - and accordingly unconstitutional."
• "It's the vagueness-what the lawyerly types call "overbroad" - that bothers me, and I have no doubt that it was written that way as a catch-all, with the overbreadth only a problem if someone challenges the clause legally."
• "You think they're sitting around the coffee shops this week dissecting the finer points of the estimable judges 'ruling, discussing the possible ramifications of the court's definition of "overbroad"?"