overlicensed

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English

Etymology

From over- +‎ licensed.

Adjective

overlicensed (comparative more overlicensed, superlative most overlicensed)

  1. Licensed too much or too widely.
    • 2015, Ashok Som, Christian Blanckaert, The Road To Luxury:
      By the early 1980s, Gucci was overlicensed, with its logo on every product imaginable from headscarves to key rings to lighters.
  2. (computing) Having purchased more licences than are legally required.