⚖️ Able to control by law 🎚️ Able to adjust

regulatable

1 6.3

Can be controlled by rules or laws

adjective
/ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪtəbl/

: regulable

In a well-organized system, all activities are regulatable, which helps maintain order and compliance.

Examples

The production line must operate within regulatable parameters to ensure safety and efficiency.
They didn't have to create this stupid precedent that growing something for personal consumption on your own property is regulatable.

Blog text (21)
Many aspects of the new policy are regulatable by local authorities to address community needs.

Synonyms

controllable

vsregulatable

12 3.2

Easy to manage or keep within limits

is concerned with being set by rules or laws rather than general limits

governable

vsregulatable

1 6.1

Easy to control or manage

is about being subject to rules or laws rather than to leaders

regulable

vsregulatable

1 6.7

You can change it so it works at different levels

is about being set by formal rules or laws rather than flexible adjustment

Antonyms

uncontrolled

31 3.9

Not kept within limits, like a fire or a strong feeling

anarchic

5 7.4

A situation with no order or control and no leaders

How Regulated

regulated

44 4.1

regulatable

1 6.3

unregulated

26 4.9

Surface Forms

regulatable positive

Morphology

regulatable = regulate (transparent) = regulate + able

Productive adjective formation from 'regulate' meaning 'able to be governed or controlled by regulation'.

Etymology

Regulatable is related to regulation and an old Latin root regula meaning 'rule', so it describes things that can be controlled by laws or official rules.