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well-regulated

ADJECTIVE
conformable
Synonyms
WEAK
adapted agreeable alike amenable applicable assorted comparable compliant consistent docile fitted fitting harmonious in agreement like matched obedient orderly proper regular resembling similar submissive suitable suited tractable unified useable
Antonyms
WEAK
inappropriate mismatched nonconforming
ADJECTIVE
methodic
Synonyms
WEAK
all together analytical businesslike by the book by the numbers careful cut-and-dried deliberate disciplined efficient exact fixed framed in a groove logical methodized meticulous neat ordered orderly painstaking planned regular scrupulous set-up structured systematic systematical tidy together
ADJECTIVE
methodical
Synonyms
STRONGEST
analytical businesslike careful deliberate disciplined efficient meticulous orderly painstaking precise scrupulous structured systematic
WEAK
all together exact fixed framed grooved logical methodic methodized neat ordered planned regular set-up tidy together
Antonyms
STRONGEST
careless chaotic disorderly disorganized inefficient negligent thoughtless unmethodical unscrupulous unsystematic
ADJECTIVE
methodical/methodic
Synonyms
WEAK
all together analytical businesslike by the book by the numbers careful cut-and-dried deliberate disciplined efficient exact fixed framed in a groove logical methodized meticulous neat ordered orderly painstaking planned regular scrupulous set-up structured systematic tidy together
Antonyms
WEAK
confused disorderly disorganized imprecise unmethodical/unmethodic
ADJECTIVE
systematical
Synonyms
WEAK
all together analytical businesslike by the book by the numbers careful cut-and-dried deliberate disciplined efficient exact fixed framed in a groove logical methodic methodized meticulous neat ordered orderly painstaking planned regular scrupulous set-up structured systematic tidy together

Example Sentences

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Real entrepreneurship serving venturesome consumers, External link not frictionless stock trading in well-regulated casinos, keeps the U.S. economy vibrant.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

Take a look at the history of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if you think mortgages are simple, solid and well-regulated.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025

But Prof Birney says: "Just to stress, this is research – everything needs to be tested and well-regulated and thought about before it's used, but the technology is here to make these kinds of predictions."

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

In a well-regulated system, the right amount of CO2 is emitted and absorbed to maintain a healthy climate.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024

“Certainly, my best. And I was quite right: depend on that: there are a thousand reasons why liaisons between governesses and tutors should never be tolerated a moment in any well-regulated house; firstly—”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë