unruleful

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ ruleful

Adjective[edit]

unruleful (comparative more unruleful, superlative most unruleful)

  1. (rare) Not according to rule; irregular.
    • 1991, Cheryl Herr, For the Land They Loved: Irish Political Melodramas, 1890-1925, page XV:
      The changes involved would be relatively simple ones; what appear to be eccentric and inconsistent capitalizations would be standardized; unruleful punctuation would be corrected, while implied punctuation would be liberally added […]
  2. (obsolete) Unruly.
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