codelessadj.
/ˈkəʊdləs/, U.S. /ˈkoʊdləs/ Without a code; having no code.
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1863 H. Jones in Once a Week 27 June 13/2 There is no law for him but..the codeless law of love.
1983 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 29 July 11 There is no cable TV advertising code... Nonetheless, some states have laws challenging this codeless status.
2013 Jrnl. Amer. Stud. 47 194 A codeless community in which the value of the lives of the people who live in the socially stigmatized areas becomes more insignificant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1863- for my money
- for my our love
- for my share
- for my sins
- for myself
- for name sake
- for naught
- for need
- for nesh or hard
- for new time
- for no case
- for no kin meed
- for no meed
- for nothing
- for notice sake
- for nought
- for now
- for nuts
- for occasionally by lack of
- for occasionally from lack of
- for occasionally through lack of
- for odd or even
- for old sake's sake
- for old times' sake
- for once