Lacking a code or system of rules; operating without an established set of regulations or standards.
Compound of 'code' (from Latin 'codex,' meaning a written set of laws) plus the Old English suffix '-less' meaning 'without,' creating a word describing the absence of coded rules.
A 'codeless' society would be chaotic—we depend on codes for everything from traffic laws to computer programming, so calling something 'codeless' usually means it's wild, unregulated, or dangerously unpredictable!
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