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ungoverned

ungoverned adjective: lacking a government.

Adjective

ungoverned (comparative more ungoverned, superlative most ungoverned)

  1. Lacking a government.
  2. Lacking control or discipline.
    • He sat down for a moment, even before he dusted his ungoverned floury hands.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
  3. Lacking restraint.

Forms of ungoverned

comparativemore ungoverned
superlativemost ungoverned

Origin of ungoverned

From un- + governed.

Words formed from ungoverned

Questions about ungoverned

What does ungoverned mean?
Ungoverned means lacking a government.
What part of speech is ungoverned?
Ungoverned is an adjective.

Words near ungoverned in the dictionary

  1. ungouty
  2. ungovernability
  3. ungovernable
  4. ungovernableness
  5. ungovernably
  6. ungoverned
  7. ungovernedly
  8. ungovernedness
  9. ungoverning
  10. ungown
  11. ungowned

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