ungoverned

English

Etymology

un- +‎ governed

Adjective

ungoverned (comparative more ungoverned, superlative most ungoverned)

1. Lacking a government.
2. Lacking control or discipline.
   • 1902, Barbara Baynton, Sally Krimmer; Alan Lawson, editors, 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.

See also

• ungovernable