overbroad

[oh-ver-brawd]

adjective

1. too broad, general, or far-reaching; lacking specificity in application or wording.

Example Sentences

To request a green card, for example, a noncitizen completes a 24-page application that contains roughly 100 questions, many of which are confusing, ambiguous, and/or overbroad.

From Slate

The plan immediately drew heat as being overbroad, potentially discriminatory, or unlawful.

From Salon

Focus means that you focus on the highest-risk people and places, and you don’t have overbroad, generalized solutions.

From Slate

This is important because targeted strategies are generally more successful than untargeted strategies, because of all of the collateral negative consequences of overbroad strategies that can end up stigmatizing entire groups of people and entire communities with a broad brush of violence and violent responses.

From Slate

In a statement, Google called DOJ's remedies "overbroad" and said even its own counterproposals, which were filed in response to a court-mandated deadline, would come at a cost to their partners.

From BBC