loveless

adjective

love·​less ˈləv-ləs How to pronounce loveless (audio)
1
: having no love
a loveless relationship
2
: not loved
lovelessly adverb
lovelessness noun

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That revulsion, though, is usually expressed tonally rather than verbally—in the loveless couplings, or in the cold white privacy of yet another bathroom stall. Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025 The dogs involved in breeding, meanwhile, often live a lonely, loveless existence. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2025 There was no life left that wasn’t loveless, anymore, Qing Yuan thought. Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025 As landslides go, Starmer’s was loveless. Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for loveless

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of loveless was in the 14th century

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“Loveless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loveless. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.

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