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underregulating

underregulating is the present participle and gerund of underregulate.

Meaning of underregulate

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

Questions about underregulating

What is underregulating the present participle and gerund of?
Underregulating is the present participle and gerund of underregulate.

Words near underregulating in the dictionary

  1. underregion
  2. underregions
  3. underregulate
  4. underregulated
  5. underregulates
  6. underregulating
  7. underregulation
  8. underrehearsal
  9. underrehearsed
  10. underrelax
  11. underrelaxation

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