overbroad

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adjective

Too broad.

OriginEnglish broad ← Middle English brod ← Old English brād →
UncommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectiveoverbroad (comparative more overbroad, superlative most overbroad)

comparative more overbroad · superlative most overbroad

  1. Too broad.

    Schmidt is arguing that the outright ban on selling and distributing raw milk is "overbroad legislation."

    2009 January 31, Megan Ogilvie, “Raw milk poses risk, court told”, in Toronto Star

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-der.?
  8. Proto-Germanic*braidaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*braid
  10. Old Englishbrād
  11. Middle Englishbrod
  12. Englishbroad
  13. Englishoverbroad

From over- + broad.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overbroad

broadfraudabroadClaudeflawedapplaudmaudbaudMaudedefraudawedclawedlaudpawedbawdgaudbelaudmaraudpitcher-bawdplaud
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Anagrams

overboardVeroboard
Cite this entry
APA

overbroad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbroad

MLA

“overbroad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbroad. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overbroad,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbroad.

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