GUARDIAN ADJ

Sweeping

German

umfassend

Definition

extensive or wide-ranging in scope or effect

Example

"Its significance lies not only in the sweeping powers it gives to police for preventing and uprooting so-called โ€˜unlawfulโ€™ political gatherings, but also in what it conspicuously leaves out: accountability through independent parliamentary or judicial oversight."

Antonyms

limited narrow

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