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masterless (iou)



masterless adjective. LME.
[from MASTER noun1 & adjective + -LESS.]
Having no master. Of an animal: deprived of a controlling hand. LME.
b. Having no reputable means of living; vagrant, vagabond. Long obsolete exc. Hist. L15.
c. Of unknown authorship or provenance. L19.
Unable to be mastered; ungovernable. E17-M18.
masterlessness noun E19.