unregulated en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English regulated English unregulated From un- + regulated.
Meanings
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Not regulated: not subject to any regulations.
Being so inflexible, the railway was easy prey to road competition, and the arrival of unregulated lorry transport from farm fields to town centres quickly captured all locally generated business.
2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, in Rail, page 58:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unregulated | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unregulated | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Coordinates
overregulated · underregulated
Deriveds
unregulatedly · unregulatedness
Synonyms
Translations (8)
nb uregulert (not regulated) · da ureguleret (not regulated) · de unreguliert (not regulated) · fi säännöstelemätön (not regulated) · es no reglamentado (not regulated) · es alegal (not regulated) · fi sääntelemätön (not regulated) · nn uregulert (not regulated)