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underregulated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-reg-u-lat-ed
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Insufficiently regulated.

verb

simple past and past participle of underregulate

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English regulated English underregulated From under- + regulated.

Inflected Forms

more underregulated (comparative) most underregulated (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

deregulation dysregulated underregulation deregulated unregulated

Antonyms

overregulated

Questions

What does underregulated mean?
Insufficiently regulated.
Where does underregulated come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English regulated English underregulated From under- + regulated.

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