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

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

NIL has gone ungoverned, and there’s no such thing as an even playing field in this new recruiting landscape.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

But they gave voice to legions who are stumbling around a crowded, confusing, ungoverned landscape trying to figure out which direction to turn.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2021

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