adj
Meaning 1
Not regulated: not subject to any regulations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nonregulated
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unregulated
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N R EH1 G Y AH0 L EY2 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
not regulated; not subject to rule or discipline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- unregulated off-shore fishing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: regulated
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
without regulation or discipline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an unregulated environment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English regulated English unregulated From un- + regulated.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: ureguleret — not regulated
- Finnish: sääntelemätön — not regulated
- Finnish: säännöstelemätön — not regulated
- German: unreguliert — not regulated
- Norwegian Bokmål: uregulert — not regulated
- Norwegian Nynorsk: uregulert — not regulated
- Spanish: alegal — not regulated
- Spanish: no reglamentado — not regulated