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-less

21 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. -less (adjective suffix)
  2. less (adjective)
  3. less (adverb)
  4. less (noun)
  5. less (preposition)
  6. little (adjective)
  7. little (adverb)
  8. less-than-carload (adjective)
  9. less-than-truckload (adjective)
  10. bell-less (adjective)
  11. more or less (adverb)
  12. much less (conjunction)
  13. r-less (adjective)
  14. shell-less (adjective)
  15. smell-less (adjective)
  16. still less (conjunction)
  17. wall-less (adjective)
  18. will-less (adjective)
  19. care (verb)
  20. hull (noun)
  21. skill (noun)

-less

adj suffix

Definition of -LESS

1
: destitute of : not having <witless> <childless>
2
: unable to be acted on or to act (in a specified way) <dauntless> <fadeless>

Examples of -LESS

  1. my first painless day since leaving the hospital

Origin of -LESS

Middle English -les, -lesse, from Old English -lēas, from lēas devoid, false; akin to Old High German lōs loose, Old English losian to get lost — more at lose

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