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- noun The quality of being
overinclusive .
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Examples
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He thinks the need for change will be obvious within a few years, but maybe we can tolerate under/overinclusiveness for now.
Archive 2009-02-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Here is the dark truth that all liberal lawyers know: If you want to catch the bad guys, overinclusiveness is better.
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Of course, with its procedural overreach, lax standards of proof, absence of speedy trials, and disregard for predicate elements of criminal activity, overinclusiveness is largely unconstitutional.
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I already conceded that overinclusiveness does not refute your claim.
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Rational-basis review permits under and overinclusiveness.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Maryland high court rejects gay marriage claim: 2007
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I have read a lot of those lists and to be honest, I think many if not all of them suffer from overinclusiveness.
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Both the Bush and Obama administrations have relied on the statute's vague nature-what the Bush Department of Justice described as "strategic overinclusiveness" - to criminalize a wide range of activities.
Slate Magazine Jeanne Theoharis 2010
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It’s no longer a case of optional overinclusiveness.
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