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unregulating

unregulating is the present participle and gerund of unregulate.

Meaning of unregulate

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

Questions about unregulating

What is unregulating the present participle and gerund of?
Unregulating is the present participle and gerund of unregulate.

Words near unregulating in the dictionary

  1. unregulate
  2. unregulated
  3. unregulatedly
  4. unregulatedness
  5. unregulates
  6. unregulating
  7. unregulative
  8. unregulatory
  9. unregurgitated
  10. unrehabbed
  11. unrehabilitatable

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