Governmentless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a government. not-comparable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From government + -less.

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