Elsewhere, the humour becomes a distraction, the playing overly broad.

The social network said that it responded to valid requests relating to criminal cases but turned down 'overly broad or vague' requests.

Wide prosecutorial discretion remains because of overly broad criteria.

Some subsequent comments criticized the definition as overly broad in failing to limit its subject matter to analysis of markets.

On other issues, she sometimes took overly broad stances that appeared to come down on multiple sides.