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# lawless

adjective (more lawless, most lawless)

«lawless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Lawless means not obeying the law; wild and out of control: a lawless gang of robbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lawless/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a lawless person is rough and rude and does not follow the rules of right and wrong; a lawless monster ignores the gods

### Examples

- The lawless robbers ran wild in the hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lawless/#x1)
- In the old days the land was lawless and dangerous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lawless/#x2)
- The lawless giant laughed at the rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lawless/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lawless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lawless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lawless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lawless.html) on Mova free.