as in easy
involving minimal difficulty or effort
getting paid to watch and review movies seems like a painless way to earn a living
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Recent Examples of painless
These procedures differ in terms of pain/discomfort (PRK can be quite painful, LASIK is painless) and in terms of recovery time (LASIK is very fast, PRK is much slower).
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 19 Aug. 2025
The good news is that her story had a happy and entirely painless ending.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Training almost 30 hairstylists across NY, NJ, DC, and LA, investing in painless hair braiding doesn’t end with just the braider.
—Essence, 31 July 2025
The brand is also actively reacting to the current state of the footwear industry and consumer trends with this collection, responding to a demand for sneakers, painless dress shoes, and high heels.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 19 Aug. 2025
The good news is that her story had a happy and entirely painless ending.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Training almost 30 hairstylists across NY, NJ, DC, and LA, investing in painless hair braiding doesn’t end with just the braider.
—Essence, 31 July 2025
The brand is also actively reacting to the current state of the footwear industry and consumer trends with this collection, responding to a demand for sneakers, painless dress shoes, and high heels.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for painless
Adjective
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Heme iron is more bioavailable (easier to absorb) than nonheme, but combining them enhances the absorption, and both forms contribute to your daily intake, says Moon.—
Kristine Thomason,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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Toronto owns the tiebreaker, but New York owns the much easier schedule.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Blend until smooth and add to the bowl with the rind mixture.—
Laura Mclively,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Both are tender and delicious with smooth, savory fillings that include fine cheeses and spices.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Don’t pull over in the roundabout Roundabouts with a single lane of traffic in each direction are fairly simple – yield to traffic in the roundabout, wait for a gap in traffic and go through, Bryson said.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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This can be as simple as bodyweight movements, resistance bands or dumbbells, focusing on compound/functional movements like squats, pushes and pulls.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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It’s been used to import cheap foreign labor at the expense of Americans.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Painless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painless. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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