Definition of "overregulation" []

• Excessive regulation; the imposition of excessive rules and regulations (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "And they certainly were not caused by "overregulation" or the intrusion of government into the decisions of the "private sector.""
• "The two claim that London will soon overtake New York as the world's financial capital due to "overregulation," which has got the plaintiff lawsuit mill spinning faster than a gerbil wheel on steroids."
• "Hobey Bauhan, president of the Virginia Poultry Federation, calls the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality's proposal, which would make buyers of litter record their use of the solid waste, an "overregulation" that would hurt the state's poultry-litter market."