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underregulation

underregulation noun: inadequate regulation: a deficiency of rules.

Noun

underregulation (uncountable)

  1. Inadequate regulation: a deficiency of rules.

Origin of underregulation

From under- + regulation.

Questions about underregulation

What does underregulation mean?
Underregulation means inadequate regulation: a deficiency of rules.
What part of speech is underregulation?
Underregulation is a noun.

Words near underregulation in the dictionary

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

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