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underregulated

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Etymology 1

From under- +‎ regulated.

Adjective

underregulated (comparative more underregulated, superlative most underregulated)

  1. Insufficiently regulated.
    Antonym: overregulated
    Hypernym: regulated
    Coordinate terms: deregulated, unregulated
    • 2007 July 7, David Barboza, “China Sentences Official to Death for Corruption”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 27 February 2021:
      “This is a harsh but probably necessary strategy to re-establish control over an underregulated sector,” David Zweig […] said of the death-sentence verdict.

Etymology 2

From underregulate +‎ -ed.

Verb

underregulated

  1. simple past and past participle of underregulate
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