unregulated
adjective
un·reg·u·lat·ed
ˌən-ˈre-gyə-ˌlā-təd 
also -ˈrā-
: not regulated: such as
a
: disorderly, chaotic
unregulated habits
an unregulated mind
b
: not controlled by regulation
unregulated fishing
an unregulated industry
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Once seen as an opportunity for college athletes to earn a second chance elsewhere — even when transfer students had to sit out an entire season — the portal has now become the Wild West, a place of seemingly unregulated wheeling and dealing.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 Jan. 2026
Younger and younger kids are given ease of access to social media that can often go unregulated, which means they are exposed to images and other content that might trigger or worsen an eating disorder.
—Tiffany Leigh, Parents, 30 Dec. 2025
As industry advocates sought to lobby Congress to regulate hemp, drug safety advocates and anti-hemp industries, disturbed by the unregulated boom of hemp, sought to reverse the clock on the 2018 farm bill language and cut the industry’s intoxicating wing.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 27 Dec. 2025
The catch, of course, is that her drugs do not come from Eli Lilly, nor do any of the drugs on the entirely unregulated underground market.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 Jan. 2026
Younger and younger kids are given ease of access to social media that can often go unregulated, which means they are exposed to images and other content that might trigger or worsen an eating disorder.
—Tiffany Leigh, Parents, 30 Dec. 2025
As industry advocates sought to lobby Congress to regulate hemp, drug safety advocates and anti-hemp industries, disturbed by the unregulated boom of hemp, sought to reverse the clock on the 2018 farm bill language and cut the industry’s intoxicating wing.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 27 Dec. 2025
The catch, of course, is that her drugs do not come from Eli Lilly, nor do any of the drugs on the entirely unregulated underground market.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Unregulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unregulated. Accessed 5 Jan. 2026.
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