-less

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English

Etymology

From Old English -lēas, from lēas (“devoid of”), from Proto-Germanic *lausaz (not related to less, from *laisiz).

Suffix

-less

1. Lacking (something)

Usage notes

• Adjectives formed using -less often form nouns by the addition of -ness, but generally do not form nouns by the addition of other noun-forming endings.

Antonyms

• -ed
• -ful

Derived terms

[+] English words suffixed with -less

    Derived terms

baseless blameless bloodless bodiless bootless borderless bottomless boundless brainless breathless careless ceaseless changeless cheerless classless clueless cohesionless colorless cordless countless dateless dauntless deathless doubtless dripless ductless earless seal effortless emotionless endless exhaustless expressionless faceless

fadeless faithless fatherless fathomless faultless fearless featureless feckless flawless flightless flushless footless formless fruitless futureless godless gormless graceless groundless guileless guiltless gutless hairless hapless harmless headless heartless heedless helpless homeless hopeless horseless humorless hurtless jawless jobless joyless kindless

lawless lidless lifeless limitless listless loveless luckless lusterless massless matchless meaningless measureless meatless merciless mindless mirthless motherless motionless nameless natheless needless nerveless noiseless numberless odorless / odourless painless paperless passionless patternless peacelessness peerless penniless pitiless pointless powerless priceless purposeless rayless

reckless recoilless regardless relentless remorseless resistless restless roadless roofless rootless rudderless rustless ruthless sapless scoreless seamless searchless seedless selfless senseless shameless shapeless shiftless shitless sightless sleepless smokeless soulless soundless spaceless speechless spineless spiritless spotless stainless stateless strapless stressless

sugarless sunless tactless tasteless termless thankless thoughtless thriftless timeless tireless toneless tongueless toothless topless trackless tubeless tuneless useless valueless victimless viewless visionless voiceless voteless wakeless waterless weariless weightless wingless wireless witless wordless worthless

Translations

lacking (suffix)

Afrikaans: ont- (af) Albanian: pa (sq) Arabic: غير ... (ar) (ghayr ...) Armenian: ան- (hy) (an-) Azeri: -sız (az) Basque: -gabea (eu) Belarusian: без- (be) (bez-) Bengali: -হীন (bn) (-hin) Bulgarian: без (bg) (bez) Catalan: sense (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 無- (cmn), 无- (cmn) (wú-) Croatian: bez- (hr) Czech: bez- (cs) Danish: -løse (da) Dutch: -loos (nl), zonder (nl) Estonian: -ta (et) Finnish: -ton (fi), -tön (fi) French: sans ... (fr) Galician: sen (gl) Georgian: უ- (ka) (u-) German: -los (de) Greek: α- (el) (a-), αν- (el) (an-) Gujarati: -હીન (gu) (-hīna)

Haitian Creole: e- Hindi: काटा दिया (hi) (kāṭā diyā) Hungarian: -etlen (hu) Icelandic: -laus (is), -vana (is) Irish: gan (ga) Italian: senza (it), in- (it), s- (it), dis- (it) Japanese: -無し (ja) (-なし, -nashi), 無- (ja) (む-, mu-), -ない (ja) (-nai) Latin: sine (la), in- (la), ne- (la), se- (la) Latvian: bez (lv) Lithuanian: be- (lt) Norwegian: -løs (no) Polish: bez- (pl) Portuguese: sem (pt) Russian: без- (ru) (bez-), бес- (ru) (bes-) Serbian: без- (sr) (bez-) Slovak: bez- (sk) Slovene: brez (sl) Swahili: bila (sw) Swedish: -lös (sv) Tagalog: pugot ang (tl), walang (tl) Turkish: -sız (tr), -siz (tr), -suz (tr), -süz (tr) Vietnamese: cây đinh không (vi) Welsh: di- (cy), di (cy) Yiddish: ־לאָז (yi) (-loz)