underregulate

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ regulate.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underregulate (third-person singular simple present underregulates, present participle underregulating, simple past and past participle underregulated)

1. To regulate inadequately.

   Hypernym: regulate

   Coordinate terms: deregulate, overregulate

   • 2008 March 20, Diana B. Henriques, “Commodities: Latest Boom, Plentiful Risk”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 23 March 2021:

     “It’s not a question of overregulating or underregulating.

Related terms

• underregulation