"Defining" something is a fuzzy concept. Do we mean trying to find an obvious and reasonable meaning for it (like "get by at a minimum level") or are we trying

"Defining" something is a fuzzy concept. Do we mean trying to find an obvious and reasonable meaning for it (like "get by at a minimum level") or are we trying to make it appear a worrying and unjustified excess with important and negative unintended consequences?