ungoverned

Example Sentences

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As the planet gets hotter and its reservoirs shrink and its glaciers melt, people have increasingly drilled into a largely ungoverned, invisible cache of fresh water: the vast, hidden pools found deep underground.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025

They try to define the bounds of legitimate government by asking how individuals in an ungoverned “state of nature” would agree to be governed.

From Slate • May 9, 2024

It’s also a portal, bringing him into contact with the ungoverned and unfamiliar by allowing him to navigate the world on his terms.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Right now, the “high seas,” which span almost half the planet, are a mostly ungoverned wilderness.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2023

To check the ungoverned spell and drive off the shadow from Ged, Nemmerle had spent all his power, and with it his bodily strength was gone.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin