ruleless

American  

[rool-lis] / ˈrul lɪs /

adjective

1. being without rule or law.

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Other Word Forms

• rulelessness noun

Etymology

Origin of ruleless

1400–50; late Middle English rewleless; rule, -less

Example Sentences

Founded in 1993, Ultimate Fighting Championship originally pitted fighters from a wide range of combat styles against each other in a nearly ruleless format.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2016

"Do I think I would legit beat Mayweather in a ruleless fight? Floyd is one of the best boxers of all time," Rousey wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2015

As to the Book, I do say seriously that it is a wild, savage, ruleless, very bad Book; which even you will not be able to like; much less any other man.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I by Carlyle, Thomas

"Maybe," I told myself encouragingly, "the Place is Hell," but added, "Be your age, Greta—be a real rootless, ruleless, ruthless twenty-nine."

From The Big Time by Leiber, Fritz

Man indeed, and King Louis like other men, lives in this world to make rule out of the ruleless; by his living energy, he shall force the absurd itself to become less absurd.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas