Meanings
comparative more unregulated · superlative most unregulated
- Not regulated: not subject to any regulations.
Being so inflexible, the railway was easy prey to road competition, and the arrival of unregulated lorry transport from farm fields to town centres quickly captured all locally generated business.
2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, in Rail, page 58Synonyms: nonregulated
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot regulated: not subject to any regulations.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot regulated; not subject to rule or discipline
adjectivewithout regulation or discipline
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishregulated
- Englishunregulated
Translations
Danish ureguleret
- ureguleretnot regulated
Finnish sääntelemätön, säännöstelemätön
- sääntelemätönnot regulated
- säännöstelemätönnot regulated
German unreguliert
- unreguliertnot regulated
Norwegian Bokmål uregulert
- uregulertnot regulated
Spanish alegal, no reglamentado
- alegalnot regulated
- no reglamentadonot regulated
Cite this entry
unregulated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unregulated
“unregulated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unregulated. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unregulated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unregulated.
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