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adj. - Lacking in discipline or control; Not restrained or controlled.

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  • NEWTON: The thing is, is that they're involved in what you call ungoverned spaces.
  • Coming Anarchy has an interesting PNM Theory related post entitled Neo-Medievalism II that used historical examples and the idea of ungoverned spaces:
  • There are certainly pirates of opportunity but increasingly more and more, especially in places like Somalia where the military would refer to as ungoverned spaces.
  • In that "ungoverned" region where terrorists have found yet another safe haven.
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