Unregulate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To exempt from regulation; to deregulate. transitive

    "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.”"

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"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.”"

Etymology

From un- + regulate.

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