Nonregulation

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Absence of regulation. uncountable

    "Nonregulation of the market led to an eventual collapse."

  2. 2
    That which is not a regulation. countable

    "In addition to regulations, there are nonregulations that are important. For example, the policy at most major medical journals that they will only publish studies that had been prospectively listed in a public clinical trial database."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not according to regulations. not-comparable

    "So we played a nonregulation one-wall handball game."

Example

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"Nonregulation of the market led to an eventual collapse."

Etymology

From non- + regulation.

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