governless
adjEtymology From govern + -less.
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Rare Without government; ungoverned; anarchic.
- Oh! the heart is a free and a governless thing! / Hence strangely and madly it often will cling / To a glance of the eye, and a smile of the cheek, […]1854, Mary Bayard Clarke, Wood-notes; Or, Carolina Carols, page 86:
- Though the majority of your community's members have no intention of acting up, to host a governless society is to truly tempt fate.2011, Deborah Ng, Online Community Management For Dummies (page 75)