Meanings
underregulated1
adjectiveunderregulated (comparative more underregulated, superlative most underregulated)
comparative more underregulated · superlative most underregulated
- Insufficiently regulated.
“This is a harsh but probably necessary strategy to re-establish control over an underregulated sector,” David Zweig[…] said of the death-sentence verdict.
2007 July 7, David Barboza, “China Sentences Official to Death for Corruption”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021Antonyms: overregulated
underregulated2
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of underregulate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveInsufficiently regulated.
Opposite
Origin
underregulated · adjective
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Englishregulated
- Englishunderregulated
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APA
underregulated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underregulated
MLA
“underregulated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underregulated. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underregulated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underregulated.
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