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underregulate

underregulate verb: to regulate inadequately.

Verb

underregulate (third-person singular simple present underregulates, present participle underregulating, simple past and past participle underregulated)

  1. To regulate inadequately.
    • “It’s not a question of overregulating or underregulating.2008 March 20, Diana B. Henriques, “Commodities: Latest Boom, Plentiful Risk”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021

Forms of underregulate

third-person singular presentunderregulates
present participleunderregulating
past participleunderregulated
pastunderregulated

Origin of underregulate

From under- + regulate.

Questions about underregulate

What does underregulate mean?
Underregulate means to regulate inadequately.
What part of speech is underregulate?
Underregulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of underregulate?
The past tense of underregulate is underregulated.

Words near underregulate in the dictionary

  1. underreferenced
  2. underreferences
  3. underreferencing
  4. underregion
  5. underregions
  6. underregulate
  7. underregulated
  8. underregulates
  9. underregulating
  10. underregulation
  11. underrehearsal

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