unregulated

English

Etymology

un- +‎ regulated.

Adjective

unregulated (comparative more unregulated, superlative most unregulated)

Not regulated: not subject to any regulations.
Synonym: nonregulated

Hyponym: deregulated

Coordinate terms: overregulated, underregulated
- 2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, in Rail, page 58:
  Being so inflexible, the railway was easy prey to road competition, and the arrival of unregulated lorry transport from farm fields to town centres quickly captured all locally generated business.

Translations

not regulated

Danish: ureguleret
Finnish: sääntelemätön, säännöstelemätön
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uregulert

Nynorsk: uregulert

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