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Discover LudwigThe phrase "over inclusive" is correct and usable in written English.
It is most commonly used in legal or academic contexts to describe a statement, argument, or policy that includes more than is necessary or appropriate. Example: The new policy on dress code at the office is over inclusive and includes rules for casual Fridays, despite the fact that the company does not have casual Fridays.
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Product labels are often over inclusive and may result in over inclusion of interactions that may not necessarily be clinically proven.
"Section 5 continues to be necessary, and Section 5 is not over inclusive," Perez said.
Second best solution -- tighten the wording of the criteria set to make it less wildly over inclusive.
Unless DSM-5 changes these incredibly over inclusive criteria, it will greatly increase the rates of diagnosis of mental disorders in the medically ill -- whether they have established diseases (like diabetes, coronary disease or cancer) or have unexplained medical conditions that so far have presented with somatic symptoms of unclear etiology.
This cut-off is sensitive and potentially over inclusive.
Second, there is a risk of false positives because the WSQ is over inclusive [ 19].
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"This divergent and over-inclusive way of thinking reflects many of the thought processes and patterns seen in psychosis.
The designation "systemically significant" needs to be reviewed every few years to ensure the list is not under- or over-inclusive.
Your approach, by focusing on one aspect of a bank's total operations, is simultaneously both over-inclusive and under-inclusive, and at, worst, misleading to small-business owners.
Discrimination on the basis of national origin is prohibited under human rights law and restricted under the Supreme Court's ruling because it is a grossly over-inclusive category.
As you already pointed out, there is no set standard for defining "small business" and any effort to do so would both be simultaneously over-inclusive and under-inclusive.
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