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unruleful

unruleful adjective: not according to rule; irregular.

Adjective

unruleful (comparative more unruleful, superlative most unruleful)

  1. (rare) Not according to rule; irregular.
    • 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 […]1991, Cheryl Herr, For the Land They Loved: Irish Political Melodramas, 1890-1925, page XV
  2. (obsolete) Unruly.

Forms of unruleful

comparativemore unruleful
superlativemost unruleful

Origin of unruleful

From un- + ruleful.

Questions about unruleful

What does unruleful mean?
Unruleful means not according to rule; irregular.
What part of speech is unruleful?
Unruleful is an adjective.

Words near unruleful in the dictionary

  1. unruins
  2. unrulable
  3. unrule
  4. unruled
  5. unruledness
  6. unruleful
  7. unrules
  8. unrulier
  9. unruliest
  10. unrulily
  11. unruliment

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