ungoverned

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ governed.

Adjective

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ungoverned (comparative more ungoverned, superlative most ungoverned)

  1. Lacking a government.
  2. Lacking control or discipline.
    • 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 35:
      He sat down for a moment, even before he dusted his ungoverned floury hands.
  3. Lacking restraint.

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