Is Overregulation a Word?

o·ver·reg·u·late
To burden excessively with rules and regulations: did not want to overregulate the airlines. o′ver·reg′u·la′tion n.

What is an overregulation?

n. a transient error in linguistic development in which the child attempts to make language more regular than it actually is. An example is saying breaked instead of broken. See also overextension; overgeneralization.

Is over regulated a word?

o·ver·reg·u·late

To burden excessively with rules and regulations: did not want to overregulate the airlines.

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