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unregulatedly en · ADV

Etymology

From unregulated + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an unregulated manner; demonstrating a lack of regulation.
   • What one might call the hierarchy of the meal moves in the same direction , namely the fact that people no longer reach indiscriminately and unregulatedly into the dish but are instead constrained to follow a definite order in which each person serves themselves. 1997, Georg Simmel, David Frisby, Mike Featherstone, Simmel on Culture: Selected Writings, page 131:
   • Nearly one-fourth indicated, on the other hand, that it was no longer necessary to burn the woods periodically; certainly not unregulatedly. 1965, Louisiana Bulletin, numbers 588-606, page 27:
   • Men are more likely to be placed in separated settings (from the unregulatedly convivial to the harsh boot camplike) with other men in late adolescence and early adulthood. 2002, Mary A. Carskadon, Adolescent Sleep Patterns: Biological, Social, and Psychological Influences, page 97:

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