governmentless

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

government +‎ -less

Adjective[edit]

governmentless (not comparable)

  1. Without a government.
    • 2009 May 24, Jeffrey Gettleman, “For Somalia, Chaos Breeds Religious War”, in New York Times[1]:
      In the past few months, a new axis of conflict has opened up in Somalia, an essentially governmentless nation ripped apart by rival clans since 1991.