Definitions for Lawless
ˈlɔ lɪslaw·less

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anarchic, anarchical, lawlessadjective

   without law or control

   "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic"

2. wide-open, lawlessadjective

   lax in enforcing laws

   "a wide-open town"

3. lawless, outlaw(a)adjective

   disobedient to or defiant of law

   "lawless bands roaming the plains"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lawlessadjective

   Not governed by any law.

2. lawlessadjective

   Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.

3. lawlessadjective

   Not restrained by the law or by discipline; unruly, disorderly.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lawlessadjective

   Etymology: from law.

   1. Unrestrained by any law; not subject to law.

   The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

   The lawless tyrant, who denies
   To know their God, or message to regard,
   Must be compell’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xii.

   Orpheus did not, as poets feign, tame savage beasts,
   But men as lawless, and as wild as they. Wentworth Dillon.

   Not the gods, nor angry Jove will bear
   Thy lawless wand’ring walks in open air. John Dryden, Æn.

   Blind as the Cyclops, and as blind as he,
   They own’d a lawless savage liberty,
   Like that our painted ancestors so priz’d,
   Ere empire’s arts their breasts had civiliz’d. Dryden.

   He Meteor-like, flames lawless through the void,
   Destroying others, by himself destroy’d. Alexander Pope.

   2. Contrary to law; illegal.

   Take not the quarrel from his powerful arms,
   He needs no indirect nor lawless course
   To cut off those that have offended him. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   We cite our faults,
   That they may hold excus’d our lawless lives. William Shakespeare.

   Thou the first, lay down thy lawless claim;
   Thou of my blood who bear’st the Julian name. Dryden.

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1. lawless

   Lawless refers to a state or behavior characterized by a disregard for laws, rules, or established authority. It can also describe situations where civil disorder or lack of control prevails, typically due to the absence or inefficiency of a governing body.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lawlessadjective

   contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim

2. Lawlessadjective

   not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior

3. Lawlessadjective

   not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LAWLESS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lawless is ranked #3903 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lawless surname appeared 9,093 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Lawless.
   
   91% or 8,276 total occurrences were White.
   4.1% or 379 total occurrences were Black.
   2.2% or 200 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 121 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 67 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 50 total occurrences were Asian.

How to pronounce Lawless?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lawless in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lawless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Lawless in a Sentence

1. Jerry Nadler:

   The Department's decision reflects President Trump's blanket defiance of Congress's constitutionally mandated duties, in the coming days, I expect that Congress will have no choice but to confront the behavior of this lawless Administration. The Committee will also take a hard look at the officials who are enabling this cover up.

2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

   The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths.

3. Esha Bhandari:

   By putting an end to the governments ability to conduct suspicionless fishing expeditions, the court reaffirms that the border is not a lawless place and that we dont lose our privacy rights when we travel.

4. Omar Jadwat:

   President Biden should have ended this cruel and lawless policy long ago, and the court was correct to reject it today.

5. Don Samuels:

   When the announcement was made to defund the police … that just opened the doors to a level of mayhem where taboos were erased, standards were no longer acknowledged because only the cops could be wrong – a citizen couldn’t be wrong, and so, the naivete of the leadership to not understand how the lawless community would exploit their announcement was maddening.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Lawless
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lawless
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Lawless
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lawless
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html