underregulate

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verb

To regulate inadequately.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person underregulates · participle present underregulating · participle past underregulated · past underregulated

  1. To regulate inadequately.

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

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

Origin

From under- + regulate.

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APA

underregulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underregulate

MLA

“underregulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underregulate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underregulate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underregulate.

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