What is "lawless" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does lawless mean in English? Meaning of lawless definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "lawless" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "lawless": without law or control

Adjective

  • Meaning: without law or control
  • Example: the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic
  • Synonyms: anarchic anarchical lawless
  • Similar: uncontrolled
  • Meaning of "lawless": lax in enforcing laws

    Adjective

  • Meaning: lax in enforcing laws
  • Example: a wide-open town
  • Synonyms: lawless wide-open
  • Similar: unlawful
  • Meaning of "lawless": disobedient to or defiant of law

    Adjective

  • Meaning: disobedient to or defiant of law
  • Example: lawless bands roaming the plains
  • Synonyms: lawless outlaw
  • Similar: unlawful
  • Adjective: Not governed by any law.Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.Not restrained by the law or by discipline; unruly, disorderly.
  • Synonyms:

    barbarous, chaotic, turbulent, violent, unruly, bad, contumacious, criminal, despotic, disobedient, disordered, disorderly, evil, fierce, heterodox, insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, nihilistic, noncompliant, nonconformist, rebellious, revolutionary, riotous, savage, seditious, tempestuous, traitorous, uncivilized, uncultivated, unorthodox, unrestrained, untamed, warlike, wild, tyrannous, anarchic, anarchical, anarchistic, infringing, piratical, recusant, terrorizing, unpeaceful,

    Antonyms:

    obedient, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, rightful, valid, calm, mild, moderate, governed, proper,

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    lawless in English: lawless
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