English edit

Etymology edit

un- +‎ regulate

Verb edit

unregulate (third-person singular simple present unregulates, present participle unregulating, simple past and past participle unregulated)

  1. (transitive) To exempt from regulation; to deregulate.
    • 2015 September 29, Matt Flegenheimer, “Jeb Bush Calls for Ending Ban on Crude Oil Exports”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.”