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- verb To
regulate inadequately.
Etymologies
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under- + regulate
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Examples
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Nonetheless, it's often in Smith's name that we underregulate industry and liberate the rich from the burden of taxation.
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The Science of Liberty notes that Democrats have consistently achieved a better economic growth outcome through that party's commitment to a market system with a social network and a regulatory framework, compared with the GOP's pursuit of policies that underregulate the market and undermine - at least confidence in - the social safety net.
The Inverse Square Blog Tom 2010
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"My view is that we should underregulate rather than overregulate so that this sector can take off."
Signs of the Times 2008
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