lawless
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
without law or control
the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic
Related & opposite
- lawlessness derivation
- uncontrolled similar to
Sense 2 adjective
lax in enforcing laws
a wide-open town
Related & opposite
- lawlessness derivation
- unlawful similar to
Sense 3 adjective
disobedient to or defiant of law
lawless bands roaming the plains
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lawlessness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncontrolled |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lawlessness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unlawful |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | outlawry |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crook |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unlawful |