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nonregulation en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + regulation.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not according to regulations.
    • So we played a nonregulation one-wall handball game. 2012, Richard M. Abrams, Street Games: Bygone Times in Brooklyn:

nonregulation en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + regulation.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Absence of regulation.
    • Nonregulation of the market led to an eventual collapse.
  2. (countable) That which is not a regulation.
    • In addition to regulations, there are nonregulations that are important. For example, the policy at most major medical journals that they will only publish studies that had been prospectively listed in a public clinical trial database. 2008, Richard Chin, Bruce Y. Lee, Principles and Practice of Clinical Trial Medicine, page 243:

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