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unregulate en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + regulate.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To exempt from regulation; to deregulate.
    • Vowing to fight some regulations imposed by the Obama administration, Mr. Bush said he was “not suggesting unregulating the world,” merely “common-sense 21st-century rules.” 2015 September 29, Matt Flegenheimer, “Jeb Bush Calls for Ending Ban on Crude Oil Exports”, in New York Times:

Forms

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unregulates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unregulating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unregulated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unregulated Tense=Past lexicographic