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misregulate

misregulate verb: to regulate incorrectly or imperfectly.

Verb

misregulate (third-person singular simple present misregulates, present participle misregulating, simple past and past participle misregulated)

  1. (transitive) To regulate incorrectly or imperfectly.

Forms of misregulate

third-person singular presentmisregulates
present participlemisregulating
past participlemisregulated
pastmisregulated

Origin of misregulate

From mis- + regulate.

Questions about misregulate

What does misregulate mean?
Misregulate means to regulate incorrectly or imperfectly.
What part of speech is misregulate?
Misregulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of misregulate?
The past tense of misregulate is misregulated.

Words near misregulate in the dictionary

  1. misregistered
  2. misregistering
  3. misregisters
  4. misregistration
  5. misregistrations
  6. misregulate
  7. misregulated
  8. misregulates
  9. misregulating
  10. misregulation
  11. misregulations

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