unregulate

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ regulate.

Verb

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 The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 June 2022:
      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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