unchartered
[uhn-chahr-terd]
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adjective
without a charter.
without regulation; lawless.
Origin of unchartered
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Historical Examples of unchartered
He gropes in darkness as he comes nearer the gates of his paradise, through an unchartered wilderness.
In the Heart of a FoolWilliam Allen White
On the contrary, the unchartered guilds were the moat numerous and influential.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66John Lothrop Motley
I was an unchartered ship, in which no living person had an interest, drifting on the wide waste of waters.
In no part of the world, and at no period of time, do we find the behavior of men left to unchartered freedom.
Introduction to the Science of SociologyRobert E. Park
Then, at the instigation of the favored ones, the politicians passed a law to suppress all unchartered banks.
The Spirit of American GovernmentJ. Allen Smith
unchartered
adjective
usage
Care should be taken not to use unchartered where uncharted is meant: uncharted (not unchartered) territory
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