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English
Etymology
From un- + governed.
Adjective
ungoverned (comparative more ungoverned, superlative most ungoverned)
- Lacking a government.
- Lacking control or discipline.
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:He sat down for a moment, even before he dusted his ungoverned floury hands.
- Lacking restraint.
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