runless
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]runless (not comparable)
- (of stockings) Without runs, or not susceptible to runs.
- 1985, Gail Gross, Honora M. Finkelstein, Beautiful skin, page 162:
- Some of them will be mini-distresses: you get into a traffic jam that causes a minor delay; your garbage disposal breaks down and you have to call a repairman; you discover your daughter has absconded with your last pair of runless hose […]
- (sports) Without runs scored (in cricket, baseball, etc.).