lawless
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4.9
- adjective
- /ˈlɔːləs/
:
sin ley
- No society can make progress when the citizens are lawless, hostile, intolerant, dishonest, uncooperative, and destructive.
- lawless frontier
- lawless conduct
- lawless action
I would imagine the lawless nature of this probably means that they might not be good money managers.
- I would imagine the lawless nature of this probably means that they might not be good money managers.
Examples
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Many regions of the world remain lawless, where criminal gangs operate freely without fear of punishment.
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Oh, my God, People wonder why we're so lawless in these major cities.
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I would imagine the lawless nature of this probably means that they might not be good money managers.
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I'm trying to teach them international law and they are a real lawless bunch, you know?
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Have you seen in your country the trucks burning, the public property destroyed by the lawless elements?
Fiction book (1994) -
The borderlands have been lawless long enough.
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This place is a lawless, reckless free-for-all, and people need to know about it.
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If anything, Bane's Gotham has become a lawless place where no one feels particularly liberated.
Blog text (10) -
In the absence of government oversight, the streets became lawless, filled with chaos and danger.
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The once peaceful town descended into a lawless state after the police withdrew their presence.
Synonyms
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4.0
Not allowed by law
9
4.3
Not strictly controlled, so illegal things can happen
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7.4
A situation with no order or control and no leaders
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7.1
Not controlled and showing no restraint
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8.6
Having no order or control, often without government
A place not controlled by any government or leader
Antonyms
How Lawless
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7.4
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4.9
71
4.0
- Formal
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2.9
31
5.1
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3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lawless is made from the parts law and -less, where law means 'rule' and -less means 'without', so it means 'without law'. That's why lawless describes people or places with no rules or order.