Meanings
noununrule (countable and uncountable, plural unrules)
plural unrules
- countableAn impetus for creativity or chaos; a stimulating factor for acting outside of rules.
Language does not express in itself a rule but is a heterogeneous game playing with rules and unrules.
2020, Dinda L. Gorlée, Wittgenstein’s Secret Diaries: Semiotic Writing in Cryptography, page 1521 more example
The ending is the character string to be added to the root and modifier as defined by the rules and unrules.
1982, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, volume 24, pages 4008–4444
Origin
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