overbroadadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈbrɔːd/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈbrɔd/,

/ˌoʊvərˈbrɑd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, broad adj.

Etymology: < over- prefix + broad adj.

1. Of an accent: too broad (broad adj. 7a(a)). rare.

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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Plateasm, a fault in speech, when it is over-broad and full.

2000 San Francisco Examiner (Nexis) 16 Mar. b3 Thomas Lynch is comically effective as Candida's father, Burgess, a vivid blend of bluster and weaselly opportunism. Even his over-broad Cockney accent serves its purpose.

2. Too wide; too wide-ranging.

ΚΠ

1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell v. vi. 491 Shall I win past them in this handmaid's dress If we be spied? My hood is over broad; Help me to set it forward; and your own Sits loose.

1928 R. Emerson State & Sovereignty Mod. Germany vi. 250 Hausmann once..calls sovereignty ‘the (legal) subjectivity of public law’—a definition obviously overbroad.

1953 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 18 603/1 Members of the first American generation were tempted into over-broad theorizing by their concern to analyze the socially significant.

1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 1 Nov. b3/5 His client had..been placed under a gag order which was ‘totally overbroad and unconstitutional’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overbroad
释义	overbroadadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbrɔːd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbrɔd/, /ˌoʊvərˈbrɑd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, broad adj. Etymology: < over- prefix + broad adj. 1. Of an accent: too broad (broad adj. 7a(a)). rare. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Plateasm, a fault in speech, when it is over-broad and full. 2000 San Francisco Examiner (Nexis) 16 Mar. b3 Thomas Lynch is comically effective as Candida's father, Burgess, a vivid blend of bluster and weaselly opportunism. Even his over-broad Cockney accent serves its purpose. 2. Too wide; too wide-ranging. ΚΠ 1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell v. vi. 491 Shall I win past them in this handmaid's dress If we be spied? My hood is over broad; Help me to set it forward; and your own Sits loose. 1928 R. Emerson State & Sovereignty Mod. Germany vi. 250 Hausmann once..calls sovereignty ‘the (legal) subjectivity of public law’—a definition obviously overbroad. 1953 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 18 603/1 Members of the first American generation were tempted into over-broad theorizing by their concern to analyze the socially significant. 1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 1 Nov. b3/5 His client had..been placed under a gag order which was ‘totally overbroad and unconstitutional’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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