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Recent Examples of tongueless
The actor also played the tongueless Avox cameraman Pollux in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and 2 (2014, 2015).
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Helen Murphy, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023
By prolonging the tongueless fish’s life, the isopod might gain enough time to mate and release her eggs.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 July 2021
Designers added 20 percent more cushioning than prior generations, there’s three more millimeters of it, and the upper has a new tongueless bootie construction that makes pulling on the Triumph feel like slipping into a sock.
—Justin Nyberg, Outside Online, 14 May 2015
Helen Murphy, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023
By prolonging the tongueless fish’s life, the isopod might gain enough time to mate and release her eggs.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 July 2021
Designers added 20 percent more cushioning than prior generations, there’s three more millimeters of it, and the upper has a new tongueless bootie construction that makes pulling on the Triumph feel like slipping into a sock.
—Justin Nyberg, Outside Online, 14 May 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongueless
Adjective
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These shows really do give voice to people who feel pretty voiceless at the moment.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
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Mission Beach is effectively voiceless, isolated and unable to secure basic improvements that other coastal communities take for granted.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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When Hall proves too mute to debate, Kiritsis vents to a radio disc jockey named Fred (Colman Domingo), even though Fred is more interested in smooth tunes than hard news.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Two streetlamps engaged in a mute but luminous dialogue, an indecipherable Morse code, alluding to the silent exchanges and secret ciphers of strangers who meet there for their trysts.—
Javier Montes,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Tongueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongueless. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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