lawless
pronunciation
How to pronounce lawless in British English:
UK [ˈlɔ:ləs]
How to pronounce lawless in American English:
US [ˈlɔlɪs]
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- Adjective:
- without law or control
- lax in enforcing laws
- disobedient to or defiant of law
Word Origin
- lawless (adj.)
- c. 1200, lawelese (see law + -less) Related: Lawlessly; lawlessness.
Example
- 1. How much lawless behavior are we going to tolerate from any one company ?
- 2. Many foreigners see the us as a lawless nation .
- 3. The revelation comes in the midst of an arcane but passionate argument about whether east germany should be called a unrechtsstaat , " a lawless state " .
- 4. Then , on july 25th , it sent special police units to the lawless , serb-inhabited north to seize two border points which had been beyond its control since independence .
- 5. They pose a threat to moderate syrians , including sunnis , and they could use lawless territory as a base for international terror .