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unregulate

unregulate verb: to exempt from regulation; to deregulate.

Verb

unregulate (third-person singular simple present unregulates, present participle unregulating, simple past and past participle unregulated)

  1. (transitive) To exempt from regulation; to deregulate.
    • Vowing to fight some regulations imposed by the Obama administration, Mr. Bush said he was “not suggesting unregulating the world,” merely “common-sense 21st-century rules.”2015 September 29, Matt Flegenheimer, “Jeb Bush Calls for Ending Ban on Crude Oil Exports”, in New York Times

Forms of unregulate

third-person singular presentunregulates
present participleunregulating
past participleunregulated
pastunregulated

Origin of unregulate

From un- + regulate.

Questions about unregulate

What does unregulate mean?
Unregulate means to exempt from regulation; to deregulate.
What part of speech is unregulate?
Unregulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of unregulate?
The past tense of unregulate is unregulated.

Words near unregulate in the dictionary

  1. unregular
  2. unregularised
  3. unregularized
  4. unregularly
  5. unregulatable
  6. unregulate
  7. unregulated
  8. unregulatedly
  9. unregulatedness
  10. unregulates
  11. unregulating

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