unregulatedly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

unregulated +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

unregulatedly (comparative more unregulatedly, superlative most unregulatedly)

  1. In an unregulated manner; demonstrating a lack of regulation.
    • 1965, Louisiana Bulletin, numbers 588-606, page 27:
      Nearly one-fourth indicated, on the other hand, that it was no longer necessary to burn the woods periodically; certainly not unregulatedly.
    • 1997, Georg Simmel, David Frisby, Mike Featherstone, Simmel on Culture: Selected Writings, page 131:
      What one might call the hierarchy of the meal moves in the same direction , namely the fact that people no longer reach indiscriminately and unregulatedly into the dish but are instead constrained to follow a definite order in which each person serves themselves.
    • 2002, Mary A. Carskadon, Adolescent Sleep Patterns: Biological, Social, and Psychological Influences, page 97:
      Men are more likely to be placed in separated settings (from the unregulatedly convivial to the harsh boot camplike) with other men in late adolescence and early adulthood.