unregulated

Speech parts

1. unregulated - Adjective

2. unregulated - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

without regulation or discipline

not regulated; not subject to rule or discipline

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Examples

In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war. Arthur Henderson

In the debate between those who believe in essentially unregulated markets and others who hold that reasonable regulation diminishes market excesses without inhibiting their basic function, the subprime situation unfortunately provides ammunition for the latter view. Barney Frank

Force, unregulated or ill-regulated, is not only wasted in the void, like that of gunpowder burned in the open air, and steam unconfined by science; but, striking in the dark, and its blows meeting only the air, they recoil, and bruise itself. Albert Pike

When I say "capitalism,” I mean a full, pure, uncontrolled, unregulated laissez-faire capitalism-with a separation of state and economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of state and church. Ayn Rand

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy. John Ralston Saul

An unregulated derivatives market essentially gives Wall Street a way to place hidden taxes on everything in the world. Matt Taibbi

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