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alertless

alertless adjective: synonym of unalert.

Adjective

alertless (comparative more alertless, superlative most alertless)

  1. (rare) Synonym of unalert.
    • Once in a while some attorney is found who does not realize his social responsibility to the community, who rants and wails about furnishing legal aid to the poor, but he is of the negative, inactive, alertless kind.1916, National Conference of Legal Aid Bureaus and Societies, First Conference of Legal Aid Societies of the United States, page 43
    Synonyms:
    unalert
  2. (rare) Without an alert.
    • Before darkness fell, great dock fires were raging in the East End of London and this was followed by 247 planes bombing indiscriminately until near dawn. London was not to have another alertless night until 3 November.2014, David Clampin, Advertising and Propaganda in World War II

Synonyms of alertless

Forms of alertless

comparativemore alertless
superlativemost alertless

Origin of alertless

From alert + -less.

Questions about alertless

What does alertless mean?
Alertless means synonym of unalert.
What part of speech is alertless?
Alertless is an adjective.

Words near alertless in the dictionary

  1. alerter
  2. alerters
  3. alertest
  4. alertful
  5. alerting
  6. alertless
  7. alertly
  8. alertness
  9. alertnesses
  10. alerts
  11. ales

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