Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of decontrol
adjectivedecontrolled (comparative more decontrolled, superlative most decontrolled)
comparative more decontrolled · superlative most decontrolled
- Released from a form of control.
“very single tenant living in a decontrolled apartment can file for overcharges.
2009 March 6, Charles V. Bagli, “Rents at Stuyvesant Town Were Wrongly Raised, Court Says”, in New York Times1 more example
The acolytes are now swirling their red fabric sheaths. The man on the table is, if anything, more decontrolled, more uncentered, than before.
2004, David Gere, How to Make Dances in an Epidemic: Tracking Choreography in the Age of AIDS, page 249
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“decontrolled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decontrolled. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decontrolled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decontrolled.
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