How to Use unregulated in a Sentence

unregulated

adjective
  • That makes jokes a lot of power to just throw around unregulated.
    — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 19 June 2019
  • Such sales are unregulated, so there is no record of the buyer, seller or firearm.
    — Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Since the fight was unregulated, the promoter was able to make his own rules.
    — John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The smoke from frat boy cigars, unregulated cigarettes and a few furtive reefers rose to the rafters.
    — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 6 May 2018
  • Kratom in any form is unregulated.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Some levees are hundreds of years old, and most are unregulated.
    — Boyce Upholt, Time, 9 May 2019
  • But be aware that the field is unregulated in the United States.
    — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
  • In the not-so-distant past, citizens died due to unregulated and unchecked air.
    — Lisa Wood Shapiro, Wired News, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Delta-8 is unregulated and untested, and more and more users are paying the price.
    — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • While some may see it as an upside that crypto is largely unregulated, that can bring some downsides as well.
    — Becca Stanek, theweek, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Data centers that skipped the tax breaks would’ve been unregulated.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
  • And the sector is largely unregulated, leaving it wide open to scams.
    — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The markets for this fuel source are largely unregulated, with prices tracking to the cost of crude oil.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Part of the problem is that the mental health app market is wildly unregulated.
    — WIRED, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Marais warns about an unregulated growth in satellite launches.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 May 2026
  • For decades, the city has allowed the rentals to continue unregulated.
    — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 June 2018
  • In the unregulated market, with none of that loss in profit, the weed bodega is a potential gold mine.
    — Curbed, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Charles-Heathers said many kids are unaware of the risk from the unregulated e-cigarettes.
    — oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Parker has sought in the past to crack down on the largely unregulated body broker industry.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Two deals were lost instead of one—not because of lack of talent, but because of unregulated emotion.
    — Marc Brackett, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The unregulated bridges are typically those with a span of less than 20 feet.
    — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2023
  • Some turned to a shady, largely unregulated corner of the financial world.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Callamard chimed in to say that the reach of unregulated social media also isn’t helping.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
  • The industry’s size and influence have now grown to the point that leaving it unregulated is no longer an option.
    — Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, 27 July 2019
  • In a largely unregulated market, and with few clear guidelines on safe use, consumers are left to simply figure it out on their own.
    — Hollis Karoly, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The result is that the field of ketamine therapy goes unregulated.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • And with no buffalo for food, unregulated hunting of everything else overtook the rest of the wild game.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • That’s likely due to habitat loss, unregulated hunting and lack of prey, among other factors.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Itta Bena's electric system is city-run and owned, and unregulated by the state.
    — Leah Willingham, Star Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Japan has been cracking down on the largely unregulated home-sharing giant over the past year, as more and more tourists flock to the island country.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2018

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