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nonregulation en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + regulation.
Meanings
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(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
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(uncountable) Absence of regulation.
Nonregulation of the market led to an eventual collapse.
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(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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