nonregulation

noun, adj — 3 senses

nonregulation

noun

Etymology From non- + regulation.

1

Absence of regulation.

Nonregulation of the market led to an eventual collapse.

2

That which is not a regulation.

In addition to regulations, there are nonregulations that are important. For example, the policy at most major medical journals that they will only publish studies that had been prospectively listed in a public clinical trial database.2008, Richard Chin, Bruce Y. Lee, Principles and Practice of Clinical Trial Medicine, page 243:

nonregulation

adj

Etymology From non- + regulation.

1

Not according to regulations.

So we played a nonregulation one-wall handball game.2012, Richard M. Abrams, Street Games: Bygone Times in Brooklyn:

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