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overclassification

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Excessive classification.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“According to the bill’s sponsor⟳, Representative Steve Driehaus, Democrat of Ohio, there were 362,000 F.O.I.A. requests last⟳ year, and almost a third of them still remain⟳ to be processed because of overclassification.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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