unlegislated

Examples

• All

• The proposal aims to eliminate unlegislated practices that could harm consumer rights.

• If they did, the effect would be to maintain the unlegislated position of the majority and enforce majority.

  Academic text (1991)

• In the end, you could take all of the legislation that was being debated and map it onto a very simple spectrum from completely private, not restrictive, unregulated, unlegislated private insurance, which is what the conservative side really wanted, all the way through a purely government-owned national health service kind of model, which is never what the White House wanted.

  Blog text (4)

• Many experts are concerned about the rise of unlegislated industries that operate without oversight.

Synonyms

U

unofficial

vsunlegislated

75 3.8

Not approved by the people in charge

concerns lack of law or legislation rather than only official recognition

U

unregulated

vsunlegislated

26 4.9

Not controlled by rules or laws

highlights lack of formal lawmaking or legal authorization rather than mere control

U

unsanctioned

vsunlegislated

6 7.3

Not officially allowed by the people in charge

stresses absence of law or legislative backing rather than mere formal approval

U

ungoverned

vsunlegislated

3 7.1

Not controlled and showing no restraint

emphasizes not being made law or authorized rather than general disorder

E

extralegal

vsunlegislated

• Formal

1 8.4

Not regulated or approved by law

focuses on lacking legislative basis rather than being outside legal boundaries

N

nonstatutory

vsunlegislated

• Formal

7.5

Not required by law

uses a broader word for law in its wording and sense

N

nonlegal

vsunlegislated

• Specialized

7.4

Not controlled or decided by law

emphasizes lack of formal lawmaking rather than mere legal recognition

N

nonregulatory

vsunlegislated

• Formal

6.8

Not required by official rules or laws

focuses on absence of lawmaking authority rather than absence of regulatory ties

N

noncontrolled

vsunlegislated

6.4

Not under official rules or direct management by an authority

emphasizes lack of legal establishment or authorization rather than lack of management

N

non-official

vsunlegislated

4.4

Not having formal status or approval

points to missing legal establishment or authorization rather than just recognition

U

unendorsed

vsunlegislated

6.0

Not officially approved by an authority or group

refers to missing legal authorization rather than merely lacking social support

U

unruled

vsunlegislated

6.7

A place not controlled by any government or leader

focuses on lacking specific lawmaking establishment rather than on absence of rulers

How Regulated

codified

• Formal

6.7

regulated

4.1

unlegislated

7.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology