Meanings
verbunregulate (third-person singular simple present unregulates, present participle unregulating, simple past and past participle unregulated)
present singular third person unregulates · participle present unregulating · participle past unregulated · past unregulated
- transitiveTo exempt from regulation; to deregulate.
Vowing to fight some regulations imposed by the Obama administration, Mr. Bush said he was “not suggesting unregulating the world,” merely “common-sense 21st-century rules.”
2015 September 29, Matt Flegenheimer, “Jeb Bush Calls for Ending Ban on Crude Oil Exports”, in New York Times
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APA
unregulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unregulate
MLA
“unregulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unregulate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unregulate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unregulate.
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