nonregulation

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noun

Absence of regulation.

“Nonregulation of the market led to an eventual collapse.”

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Meanings

nounnonregulation (countable and uncountable, plural nonregulations)

plural nonregulations

  1. uncountableAbsence of regulation.

    Nonregulation of the market led to an eventual collapse.

  2. countableThat which is not a regulation.

    In addition to regulations, there are nonregulations that are important. For example, the policy at most major medical journals that they will only publish studies that had been prospectively listed in a public clinical trial database.

    2008, Richard Chin, Bruce Y. Lee, Principles and Practice of Clinical Trial Medicine, page 243
adjectivenonregulation (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot according to regulations.

    So we played a nonregulation one-wall handball game.

    2012, Richard M. Abrams, Street Games: Bygone Times in Brooklyn

Origin

From non- + regulation.

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APA

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MLA

“nonregulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonregulation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonregulation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonregulation.

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