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lawless
adjective as in reckless, ungoverned
Weak matches
- anarchical
- anarchistic
- bad
- contumacious
- criminal
- despotic
- disobedient
- disordered
- disorderly
- evil
- fierce
- heterodox
- infringing
- insubordinate
- insurgent
- mutinous
- nihilistic
- noncompliant
- nonconformist
- piratical
- rebellious
- recusant
- revolutionary
- riotous
- savage
- seditious
- tempestuous
- terrorizing
- traitorous
- tyrannous
- uncivilized
- uncultivated
- unorthodox
- unpeaceful
- unrestrained
- untamed
- warlike
- wild
Example Sentences
“This is a lawless insurrection against the supremacy of Federal law and the Federal Government’s obligation to defend the territorial sovereignty of the United States.”
These orders are completely lawless, and yet, we have seen some of his targets capitulate rather than defend themselves in court.
He called it "incomprehensible" that cycling is "literally lawless" under an "old-fashioned law" not designed for modern road usage.
In those days of “enhanced interrogation,” I was already arguing that accepting such lawless behavior could well become an American habit.
“This lawless action will not make Americans any safer — and will only damage our economy,” Schiff said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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