regulated
- adjective
- /ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪtɪd/
- The financial sector is heavily regulated to protect consumers and maintain stability.
That is the most regularly regulated step in biology.
- That is the most regularly regulated step in biology.
- We have the BBC and a very well regulated media environment.
- Now authentication is reasonably well regulated these days, but signing not so much.
- But I must say, sports is too regulated.
- Both sides are concerned about foreign influence in politics through under regulated tech platforms.
- And so and also because it's much less heavily regulated.
- So the vast you really can't have a regulated nervous system when you're looking at that.
- It's it's completely regulated with within within yourselves.
- You need to be a regular regulated type of investor.
- Well, this this one needs a regulated, regulated fenced in area.
- Make sure you're down regulated to just cool and hot and cool.
- And it's shadow because it's not transparent, there's no light, much less regulated.
Examples
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Tech is the least regulated industry around the world.
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And that means a highly regulated free enterprise system.
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So it's part of a well regulated life.
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We have the BBC and a very well regulated media environment.
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Now authentication is reasonably well regulated these days, but signing not so much.
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They also have the only US regulated derivatives exchange.
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In a well regulated society, citizens are expected to follow laws and guidelines.
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All healthcare providers must be regulated to ensure they meet safety standards.
Synonyms
Strict rules make people do the same things and limit their freedom
Following set instructions or fixed ways
Kept within limits by careful management
A business or area with too many rules
Antonyms
How Regulated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Regulated comes from an old Latin root reg that means 'rule' or 'straight'. You can see the same root in everyday words like regular and rule, so to regulate is to set limits and keep things in order, which is why regulated means controlled by rules.